computer glitch that forced the US civil aviation regulator (FAA) to temporarily suspend domestic flights in the United States on January 11 was due to a contractor deleted files by mistakeThe FAA reported Thursday.
The agency had previously attributed the glitch, which led to thousands of cancellations and delays that date, to corruption in a database file.
A preliminary report showed that a subcontractor had “inadvertently deleted files while working on the synchronization between the main and standby databases”the agency said Thursday.
The investigation is ongoing, but the FAA said it has not yet found any evidence linking the incident to malicious intent or a cyberattack.
The FAA is taking steps to make the information system, designed to alert aircrews in real time of possible dangers on the ground or in the skybe “more resistant”.
The US Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, indicated on January 11 that he had asked the FAA to determine the causes of the problem and explain why the systems that were to take over had not worked. in case of problems. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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