U.S. lawmakers will review the cause of a Federal Aviation Administration computer system outage overnight on Tuesday that sparked a nationwide ground stop and delayed or canceled more than 10,000 U.S. flights.
overnight on Tuesday that sparked a nationwide ground stop and delayed or canceled more than 10,000 U.S. flights.
House Transportation Committee Chair Sam Graves, a Republican, said the ground stop “highlights a huge vulnerability in our air transportation system.” He referred to a recent Southwest Airlines Co“Just as Southwest’s widespread disruption just a few weeks ago was inexcusable, so too is the DOT’s and FAA’s failure to properly maintain and operate the air traffic control system,” he said.
Senator Ted Cruz, the incoming top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, said, “The FAA’s inability to keep an important safety system up and running is completely unacceptable … The administration needs to explain to Congress what happened, and Congress should enact reforms in this year’s FAA reauthorization legislation.”
The FAA authorization is due to expire on Sept. 30 and the outage may put pressure on Congress to complete action.
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