FAA software is ‘30 years old’
The aviation body also said the “personnel who failed to follow procedures” caused the computer system failure.
WASHINGTON: A glitch in the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) software, which grounded thousands of flights in the country earlier this week, is at least 30 years old and six years away from being updated, the media reported on Friday.
As a result of a massive nationwide technical glitch, over 10,000 flights in and out of the US were delayed on Wednesday, while more than 1,300 others were cancelled.
As per a report, the FAA software that failed causing more than 10k+ flight delays is “30 years old and at least 6 years away from being updated”.
“The core operating system for the database has been around since the 1990s. Regardless of the improvements made to the system in recent years, it still has the heart of an 89-year-old man,a a government source was quoted as saying in the report.
The aviation body also said the “personnel who failed to follow procedures” caused the computer system failure.
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