Group Claims ATOP Failure Affected Roughly 70 Planes
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association reports at 0100
EST the morning of March 5, there was a failure of the Advanced
Technologies and Ocean Procedures (ATOP) system that New York
Center air traffic controllers use to handle aircraft over the
Atlantic Ocean.
A computer glitch Sunday left hundreds standing in long lines at
Philadelphia International Airport and Charlotte/Douglas
International Airport in North Carolina, US Airways largest
hub.
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