In the United States called the cause of a large-scale violation of air traffic
The U.S. authorities believe that the failure in the operation of equipment, which for several hours was suspended flights from all U.S. airports, occurred because of the flight.
U.S. authorities believe that the failure in the operation of the equipment, which suspended flights from all U.S. airports for several hours, was due to a technical error, not a cyber attack. This was stated at a press conference by US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, writes sb.by.
According to TASS, he noted:
- There were a lot of questions. Was it a cyberattack? Has any other country attacked the network? And the answer is that we don't think so.
Duffy clarified that the relevant American services have not identified “no signs” of a cyber attack or involvement in the incident of any “structures abroad”:
- We do not believe that this is a cyber attack. It was a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system that didn't work properly.
As the minister explained, “at one remote facility of the FAA, an employee carried out routine technical work to replace the communication line.” Duffy said that L3Harris was replacing copper cable with fiber optic cable. The minister added that any replacement was made improperly, or a “faulty router” was installed during it. This led to a massive failure. US authorities are still investigating the circumstances of the incident.
According to Duffy, the operation of the equipment associated with flight control has now “fully resumed”. Further delays and cancellations are expected.
On November 13, FAA suspended flights from all airports in the country for about 4.5 hours due to a malfunction of flight control equipment. In the United States suspended flights from all airports in the country
