Source: Xinhua Author: 11/19/2009
Subject Concerned: Government Flight Delay
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Nov. 19 that its flight computer system, which went down early in the morning, is back to normal after glitches caused delays across the northeastern United States.
FAA said earlier that the system went down at 5:15 a.m. EDT. Its spokeswoman Laura Brown said that air traffic controllers had to enter the flight plans manually, a process that causes delays.
There were no problems with controllers' radar data or voice communication, so airline safety was unaffected.