U.S. FAA says update will prevent ‘bad data’ from corrupting key database
2023.02.14 16:45
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Passengers exit a bus at Terminal 2 as they wait for the resumption of flights at O’Hare International Airport after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered airlines to suspend all domestic departures due to a disruption in the syste
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) acting head will tell a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday that new safeguards adopted after a computer outage snarled thousands of flights will ensure a backup database will not be corrupted.
The Jan. 11 ground stop forced a halt to all U.S. passenger departing traffic for almost two hours, the first such action since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen will tell the senators he took the action “to maintain safety and preserve predictability,” according to written testimony seen by Reuters and added the FAA has since “to ensure that bad data from a database cannot affect a backup database.”
