Telecoms and broadcasters know what a NOTAM is. They need to file what is now called a Notice to Air Missions with the FAA to alert pilots to tower light outages and tower construction. Others file NOTAMs to alert pilots to additional potential real-time problems along a flight's path, such as runway closures.
Now, many more people have become familiar with the acronym too, after the FAA’s NOTAM system failed on Wednesday. That spurred the FAA to issue a nationwide ground stop of more than 1,300 flights and delay nearly 10,000 more, according to flight tracker FlightAware.com. Continue Reading |
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