It said there were no delays in scheduled flights.
Later, the Canadian government agency said that control of the system had been restored, indicating that it was monitoring its systems and investigating the incident.
It was a technical malfunction that paralyzed flights to and from the United States for several hours, as thousands of flights were delayed and canceled.
The US authorities did not explain the reason behind the failure of the (NOTAM) system, but they have so far ruled out the existence of a cyber attack behind it.
However, a US Cyber Command official told"Sky News Arabia" It would prove to be a malfunction in the flight system "cyber attack"it will prepare "act of war".
The official, who asked not to be named, stated: "We do not preempt the investigation, but if the act was piracy, it is considered an act of war."
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It said there were no delays in scheduled flights.
Later, the Canadian government agency said that control of the system had been restored, indicating that it was monitoring its systems and investigating the incident.
It was a technical malfunction that paralyzed flights to and from the United States for several hours, as thousands of flights were delayed and canceled.
The US authorities did not explain the reason behind the failure of the (NOTAM) system, but they have so far ruled out the existence of a cyber attack behind it.
However, an official in the US Cyber Command told “Sky News Arabia” that if the malfunction in the flight system was proven to be a “cyber attack”, it would be considered an “act of war”.
The official, who asked not to be named, said: “We are not pre-empting the investigation, but if the act was piracy, then it is considered an act of war.”