One small hitch for FAA, one giant mess for fliers
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 17:21
in Astronomy & Space
(AP) -- When a computer system that distributes flight plans nationwide came rolling to a halt this week because of a software glitch, so did airplanes on tarmacs from Orlando to Chicago. The ensuing delays drove home just how easily an apparently isolated problem can trigger network-wide disarray in the country's aging air traffic control system.