Flights are grounded in DC after a computer outage
Associated Press,Natasha BertrandAug 15, 2015, 23:04 IST
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.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. 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.
United Airlines claims it detected the breach in late May or early June. But the hackers' digital footprints appear to be well over a year old, dating back to April 2014, according to Bloomberg.
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