Failure of routers could paralyze air traffic in the United States

The cause of a large-scale failure in the air traffic control system of the United States could be a malfunction of network routers and updating of communication infrastructure. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has informed airlines of problems with network equipment. This is reported by CNN, citing a source in one of the airlines.

According to the preliminary version, the malfunction originally occurred at Midway International Airport in Chicago, after which it spread to other regions of the country.

CBS News sources attributed the incident to the upgrade of the private communication network used to operate the American air traffic control system. During the modernization, the equipment was restarted, which led to communication disruption.

The operator of the communication system is L3Harris.

Meanwhile, the FBI is testing the possibility that a software update may have been the cause of the massive failure. Bloomberg reports.

The situation also drew the attention of the New York Times. According to the publication, the outages occurred a few days after the FAA announced the introduction of the tool based on artificial intelligence. The new technology should help air traffic controllers prevent flight delays.

Similar problems have occurred at Washington airports. Introduced there two months earlier, the system suffered communications disruptions that delayed hundreds of flights.

Then the cause of the problem was the failure of the electrical circuit. In addition, contractors accidentally damaged a fiber optic cable intended for a backup connection.

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