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Could everything be broken? Grounded jets, Microsoft outage, AI chaos make some wonder

Could everything be broken? Grounded jets, Microsoft outage, AI chaos make some wonder

Also reported by France24

Summary

A U.S. air traffic control technology upgrade overloaded older equipment, causing communication and radar gaps and a nationwide flight ground stop that lasted more than four hours. Microsoft said a separate network-capacity issue disrupted its services worldwide, but both the FAA and Microsoft reported no signs of malicious activity.

Key Facts

  • The FAA said an air traffic control system upgrade overloaded antiquated equipment.
  • Communication and radar gaps led authorities to halt flights across the country for more than four hours.
  • FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said airline schedules should return to normal by late Sunday.
  • Microsoft said a network-capacity upgrade issue, which surfaced after a later network change, disrupted its services.
  • Microsoft said its services had been fully restored by Saturday.
  • The Microsoft outage was believed to have affected many millions of people around the world.
  • The FAA and Microsoft said they had found no signs that malicious activity caused the disruptions.
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