Flights grounded nationwide for safety

Thousands of flights within, into, and out of the United States were grounded early Wednesday morning due to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system outage that prevented pilots, airlines, and airports from receiving safety information. Over 4,600 flights were delayed and another 567 were canceled, according to flight tracking data from FlightAware. There was an unexplained outage overnight that affected the FAA’s Notice to Air Missions, a system that delivers real-time safety alerts to pilots. …

Read more