Everything at a stop at US East Coast airports

It is unclear when the problem will be solved and flights will be operating normally.

ERAM replaced the 40-year-old En Route Host computer and backup system used at 20 FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers nationwide.

The Southwest Airlines flights to and from Baltimore were canceled, which Carter said he believed was the only impact of the East Coast delays.

On Saturday, the snarl delayed about 8,250 flights and grounded more than 875, according to the website.

“We are directing high altitude traffic around the affected airspace, the FAA said in the statement”.

“The agency is working w/airlines to return to normal operations & expects to lift any remaining traffic management programs by 4 PM EDT”, the FAA tweeted.

The delays had nothing to do with accidents or hacking, an aviation official said.

Delays began building at about 9.45am, according to FlightRadar24, a flight monitoring website.

By some counts, over 400 flights were canceled by Saturday evening. Spokesman Gary Taylor said that affected flights Saturday and Sunday morning at ILM.

At Washington’s Reagan National Airport, half the flights have been delayed, and half were canceled.

An air traffic centre in Virginia was identified as the probable source of the disturbance. The FAA also said it was up to the airlines to sort out the scheduling after that.

Thousands of air travelers along the East Coast are facing delays due to technical issues at a Federal Aviation Administration center in Virginia. “Flights in and out of the three major D.C.-area airports may be delayed”. Her flight was supposed to leave at 12:45 p.m., but the delays persisted by 2:30 p.m.