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Corrupted file to blame for FAA aviation stoppage that delayed thousands of flights

The system was restored after it halted all departures across the country.

www.nbcnews.com

-FAA says final validations checks are underway to restart the system
-No current estimate on when service will resume
-No word on the cause (e.g. cyber attack?)

 

[RoboFu]

Southwest hacked it so they have someone else to blame for once.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

I’m flying out for a cruise tomorrow which leaves Friday afternoon. It cost about the same to fly the day before and stay in an airport hotel as flying the day of. Told the wife I’d rather get there early than miss the boat because of unexpected shit like this…hail me as a prophet, GAF

 

[LiquidMetal14]

I imagine the coalition of son of a bitches dirty work is responsible for this folly.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Edit: please close, there was another thread prior to mine.

Check with your airline before heading to the airport today.

Dozens of delays at MSP Airport due to icy conditions, recovery from FAA outage

The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted a ground stop on domestic flight departures following an overnight computer outage that led to widespread delays.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Von Hugh]

Oh, hello Russia.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[The Cockatrice]

Wheres Bruce Willis when you need him

 

[nush]

Why would someone want to clear US airspace?

Spoiler

Aliens

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

That's a lot of balls, planes and lives in the air.

 

[Insane Metal]

Hacked?

 

[jufonuk]

I’m flying out for a cruise tomorrow which leaves Friday afternoon. It cost about the same to fly the day before and stay in an airport hotel as flying the day of. Told the wife I’d rather get there early than miss the boat because of unexpected shit like this…hail me as a prophet, GAF

I try and do the same but it rarely goes wrong so I don’t look like a prophet only a worry wart

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[Northeastmonk]

Is this old IBM technology with ancient programming or what? I’ve read about some incredibly rare IBM programming languages before.

 

[BennyBlanco]

heads will roll for this

 

[AJUMP23]

This is a disaster. Hopefully they can fix it quickly. Has anyone tried to reboot?

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[Punished Miku]

Time to invest in bus stonks

 

[HoodWinked]

heads will roll for this

Would be nice for a change. There seems to be no accountability these days, just the opposite seeing more failing upwards.

 

[Kadve]

Knowing governments and federal agencies. This system probably runs on a old minicomputer from the 60s. It failing was most likely just a matter of time.

 

[AJUMP23]

I want to know how it happened.

 

[Kilau]

I want to know how it happened.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I want to know how it happened.

you don't have the right, O you don't have the right therefore you don't have the right, O you don't have the right

 

[AJUMP23]

you don't have the right, O you don't have the right therefore you don't have the right, O you don't have the right

The Reference is strong with this one.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Time to invest in bus stonks

 

[Maiden Voyage]

The Reference is strong with this one.

You don't have the clearance, Clarence.

 

[Kilau]

Time to invest in bus stonks

This is why Buttegieg flies military.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

This is why Buttegieg flies military.

And Hillary by broom.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Glad they fixed this shit, hopefully the disruptions are minimized and cleared out today

 

[Kadve]

Glad they fixed this shit, hopefully the disruptions are minimized and cleared out today

Well is Southwest weren't in enough trouble already they might be now. That's a lot of flights delayed/cancelled.

Live Airline Flight Cancellations Info & Statistics - FlightAware

Real-time cancellation statistics and flight tracker links for cancelled airline flights. View top cancellations by airline or airport.

uk.flightaware.com

 

[FeralEcho]

 

[AJUMP23]

Well is Southwest weren't in enough trouble already they might be now. That's a lot of flights delayed/cancelled.

Live Airline Flight Cancellations Info & Statistics - FlightAware

Real-time cancellation statistics and flight tracker links for cancelled airline flights. View top cancellations by airline or airport.

uk.flightaware.com

Tropic air out there keeping it real.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

This was a lovely surprise to wake up to this morning. I work in Air Freight, so this basically ruined my day.

 

[HoodWinked]

A NOTAM Glitch Is One Thing; The FAA Mysteriously Deleted Canadian And Mexican Information From Border Area Sectionals

Pilots flying near the Canadian or Mexican borders now lack detailed aeronautical information on the foreign cross-border areas they often traverse to reach U.S. airports after the FAA deleted it from new sectional charts. Despite queries as to why, the Agency remains mum.

www.forbes.com

dude... wtf is going on.

 

[HoodWinked]

some are speculating that the glitch was caused by this retarded march of wokeism.

NOTAM was somewhat recently changed from "Notice to Airmen" to "Notices to Air Mission" cause weirdos deemed it problematic. And there's speculation that they pushed some software code to reflect that and may have caused the glitch. So far the only thing confirmed is that some data file got corrupted as well as the backup.

https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7930.2S_Chg_2_dtd_12-2-21.pdf

 

[Kadve]

A NOTAM Glitch Is One Thing; The FAA Mysteriously Deleted Canadian And Mexican Information From Border Area Sectionals

Pilots flying near the Canadian or Mexican borders now lack detailed aeronautical information on the foreign cross-border areas they often traverse to reach U.S. airports after the FAA deleted it from new sectional charts. Despite queries as to why, the Agency remains mum.

www.forbes.com

dude... wtf is going on.

I think they actually explained it quite well

“The concerns came as a result of FAA not receiving Aeronautical Information Services data from foreign air navigation service providers [ANSPs — Canada, Russia, Mexico] in a timely enough fashion to keep up with our new 56-day charting cycle,” AOPA communications director, Eric Blinderman says. “That lag could have resulted in foreign data being as much as one chart cycle behind.”

Ie, better to have no data than false data.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Test.