Subj: FAA computer glitch disrupts air traffic nationwide
Date: 11/11/99 4:36:16 AM Pacific Standard Time
From: hblondel@tampabay.rr.com (New Millennium)

11/10/99 -- 8:42 PM

Memphis FAA computer glitch disrupts air traffic nationwide

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A computer glitch at an air traffic control center
grounded or delayed hundreds of airplanes across the country on
Wednesday.

The center oversees high-altitude flights over parts of Tennessee,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri and Kentucky. Cities
hit hardest were Dallas/Fort Worth, St. Louis, Miami and Washington,
D.C.

Pilots scheduled to fly were told to stay on the ground, causing delays
across the country. Those in the air were ordered to expand the distance
between airborne flights from the usual 5 miles to at least 15 miles,
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Tanya Wagner said.

The computer at the Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center went down
about 12:45 p.m. and was back on line by 2 p.m., she said.

Officials did not know what caused the problem. Wagner said controllers
never lost radio contact with the flights.


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