• About 1,200 flights to, from, and within the United States are delayed.
• 93 flights had been cancelled as of 6:45 am ET.
• The incident is not being probed as a terror-related incident by French police.

After several years of increased anxiety in the wake of terror attacks, Parisians had started to de-escalate, but Wednesday’s event, which is currently not being probed as a terror-related incident by French police, is the second in two months.

Three Kurdish activists were shot and killed in the north of Paris in December by a guy who at the time was under investigation by the Paris prosecutor’s office for racial violence.

However, there was a peaceful vibe at Gare du Nord Wednesday at lunchtime, and travelers appeared optimistic about making their trains.

“We are performing final validation checks and repopulating the system now,” an earlier FAA statement said. “Operations across the National Airspace System are affected. We will provide frequent updates as we make progress.”
The association representing US airlines, Airlines for America says the outage is “causing significant operational delays.”

All domestic flights have been briefly delayed, according to United Airlines.

American Airlines said in a statement it is “closely monitoring the situation, which impacts all airlines, and working with the FAA to minimize disruption to our operation and customers.”

The NOTAMS system that is experiencing the outage provides “critical flight safety operation information,” the airline says.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tweeted, ” I have been in touch with FAA this morning about an outage affecting a key system for providing safety information to pilots. FAA is working to resolve this issue swiftly and safely so that air traffic can resume normal operations, and will continue to provide updates.”

As of 6:45 am ET, the flight tracking service FlightAware listed roughly 1,200 flights to, from, and within the United States as being delayed, but just 93 flights had been cancelled.

Pilots of commercial airlines utilize NOTAMS to get up-to-the-minute information on flying dangers and limitations.

Some flights may be able to meet safety criteria by using other data because the FAA mandates that NOTAMS are not to be relied upon as a sole source of information.

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