On Wednesday, the US Federal Aviation Administration ended the decision to stop taking off flights nationwide, and announced a gradual return to navigation traffic.
The decision came, shortly following the US Civil Aviation Authority suspended all domestic flights departing in the United States to fix a malfunction in its systems, it said in a statement.
“The US Civil Aviation Authority has instructed airlines to suspend all outbound domestic flights until 9:00 EST (1400 GMT) to ensure the integrity of flight information and safety standards,” the statement added.
Al-Hurra’s correspondent at Reagan Airport in Washington, D.C., reported that air traffic had returned at the airport, noting that the delay in navigation did not cause chaos at the airport in the US capital.
Al-Hurra correspondent at the White House stated that US President Joe Biden is following developments regarding the malfunction that paralyzed navigation in the United States.
The White House said Biden called on the Department of Transportation to open an investigation into the malfunction that disrupted US navigation.
Earlier, Al-Hurra correspondent said that the defect caused the delay of more than 3,700 domestic flights, indicating that many airports in the world said that their flights to the United States were not affected.
White House press secretary Karen Jean-Pierre said there was no evidence that the FAA system outage was due to a cyberattack and that President Joe Biden had ordered an investigation.
“There is no evidence of a cyberattack at this moment, but the President has directed the Department of Transportation to launch a thorough investigation into the causes. The FAA will provide regular updates,” Jean-Pierre wrote in a tweet.
