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U.S. Federal Aviation Administration computer glitch causes flight delays

WASHINGTON (AP) - A cascading computer failure in the U.S. air-traffic control system caused severe flight delays and some cancellations along the East Coast of the United States Friday.

A computer system in Atlanta that processes pilots' flights plans and sends them to air-traffic controllers failed late Thursday or early Friday, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Diane Spitaliere said. In response, the agency rerouted the system's functions to another computer in Salt Lake City, which overloaded due to the increased volume of data, magnifying the problem.
The FAA could not immediately calculate the number of flight delays caused by the problem, which was made worse by bad weather, Spitaliere said.

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