Flights are grounded in DC after a computer outage
Flights are being delayed in the Washington region due to technical issues at a Federal Aviation Administration center in Washington.
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport says a computer outage is limiting flight arrivals and departures there as well as Washington's Reagan National Airport and Dulles International Airport. Due to a computer outage at DC Center, BWI , Reagan, and Dulles arrivals and departures are at a minimum. Please check with you airline.
An FAA spokeswoman says the agency will be issuing a statement soon. But she did not immediately comment on the problem.
American Airlines said in a tweet that air traffic control issues are impacting all East Coast flights. The airline is urging passengers to plan accordingly. There is an issue with air traffic control impacting all airlines' east coast flights. Please plan accordingly. http://t.co/hSJ3Skh5fD
The two major airlines flying in out of Washington, D.C.'s airports, American Airlines and United, have been compromised before, reportedly by the same hackers that stole personal information of millions of Americans from the US Office of Personnel Management earlier this year.
Stranded passengers have been tweeting about the inconvenience:
There's a power outage in DC so all the flights got grounded out of Baltimore and surrounding areas...I'm sitting on the plane...
Stuck on the tarmac at DCA. Apparently all flights in DC are grounded due to air traffic computer issues.
- Aru (@IAmAru) August 15, 2015
Why are flights being diverted around Washington DC? They're adding an extra hour of fly time to a one hour flight.
- Ben Rosenfeld (@BigBenComedy) August 15, 2015
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