Computer glitch slows U.S. air travel

The Federal Aviation Administration says a glitch in its computer system that caused widespread flight cancellations and delays nationwide Thursday has been fixed.

The FAA confirmed to CBS News that its main flight processing system is now back up and running, CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.

The problem was with the FAA's system that collects airlines' flight plans. It was the second time in 15 months that a glitch in the flight plan system caused delays.

The agency still requires some time to reboot its residual systems, but FAA officials told Cordes that flights should get back to normal fairly quickly.

Read more of "Computer Glitch Slows U.S. Air Travel" at CBSNews.com.

[n3td3v]

I'm suprised the media outlets aren't screaming " Cyber Terrorism ".

[Knightro2]

Switch over to Fox News..I'm sure that will/have been mentioned.

[Michichael]

And it's all Obama's fault for "undoing those efforts" of the previous administration to secure our cyberspace against terrorists. Totally. Despite, you know, the fact that they didn't actually do anything. We're just asking questions here. Why didn't Obama do more to secure our cyberspace? I'm not accusing him or anything, I just really want to know the answer to these questions. <br /><br />&lt;/satire&gt;

[biffhenerson]

The more we rely on computers the more we will learn to not rely on computers. Unplug them all and put people back in the loop.

[Michichael]

Biff - because you want to rely on a person to manage and coordinate hundreds if not thousands of airplanes so they don't hit each other. Spoken like a truly oblivious person.

[OldShoeLover]

not up and running too quickly. i am sitting inm DTW delayed over 4 hours.