System restored after outage grounded all flights in U.S

Flights across the United States resumed Wednesday morning, several hours after the Federal Aviation Administration, (FAA) suffered a computer outage that forced it to halt all departures nationwide while it scrambled to resolve the issue.

The FAA said the crippling delays that affected thousands of flights appear to have been caused by a problem in the Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system, which sends pilots vital information they need to fly.

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