The Federal Aviation Administration announced that a nationwide system outage was likely due to incompetence on the part of some personnel.
A preliminary review supported the agency's conclusion Wednesday that the outage was due to a damaged database file; the question now being explored is how the file was damaged.FAA BLAMES 'DAMAGED DATABASE FILE' FOR OUTAGE
"The agency determined that a data file was damaged by personnel who failed to follow procedures. The system is functioning properly and cancellations today were below one percent," the FAA said in a statement obtained by Reuters.On Wednesday, problems with the FAA's Notice to Air Missions system, which sends safety notifications to pilots, temporarily grounded all domestic flights in the United States.
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