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Investigation begins into why NOTAM system crashed

By General Aviation News Staff · January 11, 2023 ·

An investigation has begun to determine what caused the FAA’s Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system to crash at 8:28 p.m. Jan. 10, 2023.

The outage led the FAA to ground most flights until 9 a.m. Jan. 11.

“Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the United States following an overnight outage to the FAA’s Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system that provides safety information to flight crews,” FAA officials reported at 8:50 a.m. EST Jan. 11. “The ground stop has been lifted.”

Even before the ground stop was lifted, departures resumed at Newark Liberty (EWR) and Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) airports “due to air traffic congestion in those areas,” agency officials reported.

“The agency continues to look into the cause of the initial problem,” officials added.

President Joe Biden told reporters the morning of Jan. 11 that the cause for the outage was not immediately known. According to a report from Reuters, the president has called for an investigation into the nationwide outage.

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Comments

  1. Steve says

    January 12, 2023 at 5:55 am

    Adds a new dimension to flight control, as opposed to VFR. Questionable weather — enjoy your road vehicle. Severe clear — enjoy your freedom of flight.

  2. Mark says

    January 12, 2023 at 4:43 am

    Suggest you save your ignorant comments for Twitter

  3. Amlan Gupta says

    January 11, 2023 at 8:58 am

    Maybe Buttigieg should focus on running his damn department, instead of threatening private companies.

    • AZCOYOTE says

      January 12, 2023 at 5:53 am

      He’s far too busy being inept.

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