New Delhi:

Flights throughout the United States have been affected by a technical glitch with a pc system in an unprecedented disruption, information studies mentioned on Wednesday.

All flights within the US had been grounded following the incident, NBC News reported, quoting a supply. Flight monitoring web site FlightConscious reported about 760 flights inside, into or out of the United States had been delayed as of 6:30 am US Eastern Time.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mentioned its system that alerts pilots and different flight personnel about hazards or any modifications to airport facility companies and related procedures was not processing up to date info.

The FAA is working to revive its Notice to Air Missions System. We are performing closing validation checks and reloading the system now.

Operations throughout the National Airspace System are affected.

We will present frequent updates as we make progress.

— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) January 11, 2023

In an advisory, the civil aviation regulator mentioned its NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) system had “failed”. There was no fast estimate for when it will be again, the web site confirmed, although NOTAMs issued earlier than the outage had been nonetheless viewable.

Passengers on social media reported flight delays and outages throughout the United States, from Hawaii to Washington. Airports from Texas to Pennsylvania confirmed flights had been impacted throughout the nation, in line with The Washington Post.

Aviation knowledgeable Parvez Damania known as it a “shocking and unheard-of situation”. “I don’t recall the last time when the entire airspace of the country was closed. Maybe during 9/11. This is going to cause unbelievable disruption,” he advised NDTV over the telephone.

(With inputs from companies)