FAA System Failure Affecting Flights Nationwide

Fox News Channel is reporting that flights across the country are being affected by the failure of a computer communications system located at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.  That system, according to Fox, handles FAA flight planning for aircraft based, primarily, on the East Coast.

A status information map on the FAA web site indicates general airport conditions and is not flight-specific.  The orange dots indicate that “Traffic destined to this airport is being delayed at its departure point.”

The Department of Homeland Security reports that no evidence of terrorism has been identified at this point.

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UPDATE 8/26/08 3:20 p.m. Central:  CNN is reporting that every major airport in the United States was experiencing flight delays Tuesday afternoon because of a communications breakdown at a Federal Aviation Administration facility, according to the FAA.

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