Tag: Air Traffic

• Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 21:17 UTC

  Computer glitch causes chaos in air traffic across United States

  

  Most commercial air traffic was diverted, grounded, or rescheduled Wednesday morning after a computer malfunction caused unforeseeable widespread delays. President Joseph Biden said the source was still unknown. However, authorities ruled out the possibility of a cyberattack. There were “no signs” of that, Presidential Spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said on Twitter.

• Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentine air traffic controllers warn they might go on strike, ground flights

  

  Argentine air traffic controllers have warned they might go on strike in the coming days, which would cause a major setback to operations nationwide as the vacation season nears its end and classes are about to restart.

• Saturday, April 24th 2021 - 07:37 UTC

  Canada bans air traffic to and from India, Pakistan as covid-19 cases soar

  

  Canada has banned all flights arriving from Pakistan and also from India, where the spread of the coronavirus pandemic seems to have to ceil.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Half of Europe flights grounded as Eurocontrol fails for the first time since 2001

  

  The organization responsible for coordinating European air traffic says it has fixed an earlier fault which led to widespread flight delays on Tuesday. Eurocontrol earlier said that delays could affect up to half of all flights in Europe - about 15,000 trips.