ATLANTA, GA (AP) -- The FAA says its flight computer system is working again, after a glitch caused nationwide problems Thursday morning.
The air traffic controllers union says the computer failure involved both of the Federal Aviation Administration's computer centers in Salt Lake City and Atlanta. Check here for Flight Information at Columbia Metro Airport and Other Regional Airports
Even though the FAA said Thursday the problem had been solved, Doug Church, a spokesman for the National Air Traffic Controllers Union, said controllers were still entering flight plans manually into computers in some locations.
The computers at the two centers, which handle flight plans for air traffic throughout the country, broke down early Thursday.
An AirTran Airways spokesman said Thursday there was no danger to flights in the air, and flights were still taking off and landing.
However, spokesman Christopher White says flight plans were having to be inputted manually because of a malfunction with the automated system.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest airport, was particularly affected.
AirTran canceled 22 flights and dozens more flights have been delayed as of 8 a.m. EST. Delta Air Lines also has suffered.
11/19/2009 10:35:07 AM
