FAA Says Computer Working Again

By: AP | WSAV-TV
Published: November 19, 2009

FAA officials say failed computers that
delayed flights across the country are now working again.
The air traffic controllers union says the computer failure
involved both of the Federal Aviation Administration's computer
centers in Salt Lake City and Atlanta.
Even though the FAA said Thursday the problem had been solved,
Doug Church, a spokesman for the National Air Traffic Controllers
Union, said controllers were still entering flight plans manually
into computers in some locations.
The computers at the two centers, which handle flight plans for
air traffic throughout the country, broke down early Thursday.
Earlier widespread flight cancellations and delays
nationwide because of a problem with the FAA system that
collects airlines' flight plans.
FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says she doesn't know how many
flights are being affected or when the problem will be resolved.
An AirTran Airways spokesman says Thursday there's no danger to
flights in the air, and flights are still taking off and landing.
However, spokesman Christopher White says flight plans are
having to be inputted manually because of a malfunction with the
automated system.
As a result, there were delays and cancellations.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's
busiest airport, had been particularly affected.
AirTran had canceled 22 flights and dozens more flights were
delayed as earlier as of 8 a.m. EST. Delta Air Lines also has suffered.

FAA Says Computer Working Again

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