The federal aviation administration said on Sunday morning that its primary system for sending real -time security notifications to the pilots was operating again after being reduced for several hours.
“The notam system is online and functional,” FAA said in a statement, referring to the notification system. “There have been no operational impact on the national airspace system.”
According to FAA, the system returned to the internet by 11am. East time on Sunday. Despite warnings that the interruption could lead to flight delays, there are no significant disorders in US air travel.
Notam, the shorts for “Air Air Consignment”, reports in the Warning System used by FAA to share information on air or ground risks with airlines, such as closed corridors, airspace restrictions and its disorders navigation signal.
FAA and Transport Secretary Sean Duffy said late Saturday that the notice system is experiencing a “temporary break”. At that time, the Agency said it was using an emergency program to send security notifications.
The organization said it is investigating the cause of the interruption.
FAA is in the process of modernizing the notam system, which has been reduced before.
In January 2023, a similar failure led to thousands of flight delays, the Tymying Travel in US air space. The interruption will later be detected in a human error, as thousands of records were incorrectly deleted by the system by the contractors.
The United States National Air System covers an area of ​​over 29 million square miles and FAA provides air traffic service on more than 45,000 flights a day in this area, according to the organization.
Ali Watsins They contributed reports.
