103 flights canceled and 1,230 delayed in US due to major NOTAM failure

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was forced to order all airline companies

stop passenger air transportation within the country. This was reported by the Reuters news agency.

What is known

The reason for this decision by the FAA was a large-scale failurein Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM). This is a system that, by means of telecommunications, sends notices about the status or change of aeronautical equipment and rules, as well as information about danger.

Flights were suspended until 16:00 (EET).Due to this FAA decision, a total of 103 flights were canceled and 1,230 were delayed. At 15:50 (EET), the regulator announced the gradual resumption of normal air traffic throughout the United States.

Update 5:Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the U.S. following an overnight outage to the Notice to Air Missions system that provides safety info to flight crews. The ground stop has been lifted.

We continue to look into the cause of the initial problem

— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 11, 2023

The cause of the NOTAM failure has not yet been determined.US President Joe Biden ordered an investigation into the incident. The head of the White House said that in a few hours the cause of the failure should be determined.