It was a rough travel day for millions of flyers in this country.
A glitch in a Federal Aviation Administration computer, Thursday morning, led to thousands of delayed and canceled flights coast to coast.
It was a cascade of backed up planes, and delayed and canceled flights.
The problem started at 5am eastern time.
An FAA computer system, used by pilots to file flight plans, went down.
Air traffic controllers had to type in the data for thousands of flight plans.
All this just as millions of travelers were arriving at airports.
The FAA said technical and safety experts are discussing system corrections.
But it's the second failure in 15 months.
Making matters worse today was bad weather in the East and Midwest.
New York Senator Chuck Schumer said the aviation system is in shambles.
He and others say Congress has to come up with funds to fix it.
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