1/10 - Flights grounded across US after FAA system Failure
A computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought flights to a standstill across the US, with hundreds of delays quickly cascading through the system at airports nationwide.
2/10 - Flights, airports affected by US system outage
The FAA ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures until at least 1430 GMT (7.30pm IST).
3/10 - US FAA says 'working to restore' malfunctioning information system
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) scrambled to fix outage in a key pilot notification system called NOTAM, with passengers being told to check with airlines for updates.
4/10 - Widespread flight delays
Most delays were concentrated along the East Coast, but were beginning to spread west. Airlines began to delay flights in response to the outage. FAA said that some functions are beginning to come back on line, but that “National Airspace System operations remain limited.”
5/10 - White House says no evidence of cyber attack in FAA outage
There is no evidence of a cyber attack in the FAA system outage that grounded flights across the country and President Joe Biden has ordered an investigation.
6/10 - More than 4,300 flights had been delayed
The halt comes in the wake of a large-scale aviation meltdown in the United States over the Christmas holiday, as a storm brought unseasonably cold temperatures to the majority of the country and caused chaos, with thousands of flights delayed or canceled.
7/10 - FAA lifts ground stop on flights following computer outage
The Federal Aviation Administration lifted a ground stop on flights across the US following a computer outage early that resulted in thousands of delays quickly cascading through the system at airports nationwide.
8/10 - Normal air traffic operations resuming gradually
Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the US on Wednesday following a technical failure in the system that provides safety info to flight crews.
9/10 - 'US investigating FAA outage, cause not clear'
Biden told reporters at the White House he had spoken to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and they should have a good sense in a couple of hours of what triggered the outage.
10/10 - Air Canada says transborder flights impacted by FAA outage
Air Canada, the foreign carrier with the most flights into the United States, said its transborder operations would be affected by a US system outage on Wednesday, but it was too early to determine the full impact.
