BREAKING: All Flights Across U.S. Grounded As FAA System Fails

All flights across the United States were grounded Wednesday morning as the Federal Aviation Administration’s Notice to Air Missions System (NOTAM) failed.

A NOTAM may state abnormal status of the National Airspace System, including problems such as runway closures or general bird hazard warnings.

“The FAA is working to restore its Notice to Air Missions System,” The FAA tweeted at 6 :29 a.m. EST “We are performing final validation checks and reloading the system now. Operations across the National Airspace System are affected. We will provide frequent updates as we make progress.”

The FAA is currently working to restore the Notice to Air Missions System. Now, we are finalizing validation and reloading our system.

The National Airspace System is affected.

As we move forward, we’ll keep you posted.

— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 11, 2023

The FAA is working to restore its Notice to Air Missions System. We are performing final validation checks and reloading the system now.

Operations across the National Airspace System are affected.

We will provide frequent updates as we make progress.

— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 11, 2023

Twenty-eight minutes later the FAA published a written update. “Cleared Update No. 2 for all stakeholders: The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage. While some functions are beginning to come back on line, National Airspace System operations remain limited.”

Cleared update No. 2 for all stakeholders: ⁰⁰The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage. ⁰⁰While some functions are beginning to come back on line, National Airspace System operations remain limited.

— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 11, 2023

Cleared Update No. 2 for all stakeholders: ⁰⁰The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage. ⁰⁰While some functions are beginning to come back on line, National Airspace System operations remain limited.

— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 11, 2023

The FAA sent a third tweet at 7:19 AM. “The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage. The FAA has ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9 a.m. Eastern Time to allow the agency to validate the integrity of flight and safety information.”

Update 3: The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage.⁰⁰The FAA has ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9 a.m. Eastern Time to allow the agency to validate the integrity of flight and safety information.

— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 11, 2023

Update 3: The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage.⁰⁰The FAA has ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9 a.m. Eastern Time to allow the agency to validate the integrity of flight and safety information.

— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 11, 2023

According to a>=”https://uk.flightaware.com/live/cancelled/”>FlightAwareOver 1,200 flights were delayed or cancelled within the United States by Wednesday morning, at approximately 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

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