Flight Departures Halted across the United States due to FAA System Outage

The Federal Aviation Administration halted all domestic flight departures across the United States Wednesday after the system providing pilots with pre-flight safety notices went offline.

The FAA said in a statement it had ordered airlines to stand flights down until at least 9 a.m. Eastern Time while it tried to restore its NOTAMS – or Notice to Air Missions – system.

“We are performing final validation checks and repopulating the system now,” an earlier FAA statement said. “Operations across the National Airspace System are affected. We will provide frequent updates as we make progress.”

The association representing US airlines, Airlines for America says the outage is “causing significant operational delays.”

United Airlines said it has temporarily delayed all domestic flights.