The FAA has not yet identified a specific cause of the issue, but experts told USA TODAY that the U.S. air traffic control system often relies on outdated technology to keep things moving, and it's likely a computer glitch of some kind was responsible.
With the FAA up for reauthorization in Congress later this year, those same experts said they hope the government uses this opportunity to fund needed upgrades to the agency's IT systems.A Notice to Air Missions provides pilots and other flight personnel with real-time safety information concerning flight operations and airports.
Mark Dombroff, an aviation lawyer and partner at Fox Rothschild who formerly worked with the FAA and Department of Justice, compared the NOTAM system to the computers we all use every day."Our systems still crash," he said."You shut your system down, and you reboot it ... The system comes back, and you continue to work it."Another expert said Wednesday's issue highlights a need to make the NOTAM system more redundant.
Arjun Garg, a partner at the Hogan Lovells law firm and former FAA chief counsel said that the agency's technology is typically complicated and often outdated as a result of the funding and implementation cycles in government
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