Cancelled and delayed flights on a departure board at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. U.S. aviation authorities halted flights nationwide early Wednesday after the failure of a key pilot notification system operated by the Federal Aviation Administration. (Credit: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg) Canceled and delayed flights on a departure board at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. U.S. aviation authorities halted flights nationwide early Wednesday after the failure of a key pilot notification system operated by the Federal Aviation Administration. (Credit: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg)

More than 7,000 flights were delayed and over 1,000 were canceled yesterday, Jan. 11, 20233, as all domestic air travel departures in the U.S. were halted after the Notice to Air Mission (NOTAM) systems suffered an outage, the Federal Aviation Administration reports. NOTAM systems provide safety information to flight operation personnel.

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