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Update | FAA lifts ground stop on flights following computer outage

Published:Wednesday | January 11, 2023 | 9:29 AM
A display shows flights, many delayed, at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Wednesday, January 11, 2023. A computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought flights to a standstill across the US on Wednesday, with hundreds of delays quickly cascading through the system at airports nationwide. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is lifting a ground stop on flights across the US following a computer outage early Wednesday that resulted in thousands of delays and hundreds of cancellations quickly cascading through the system at airports nationwide.

The FAA ordered all departing flights grounded early Wednesday morning, but lifted that order just before 9 a.m. Eastern after several hours.

However, delays and cancellations continue to snowball.

More than 3,700 flights were delayed and more than 640 were cancelled.

More than 21,000 flights were scheduled to take off in the US today, mostly domestic trips, and about 1,840 international flights expected to fly to the US, according to aviation data firm Cirium.

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