: FAA outage to get scrutiny in Senate panel, chairwoman says

The Federal Aviation Administration computer outage that grounded thousands of planes across the U.S. will be scrutinized by a Senate committee, the panel’s chairwoman said Wednesday. “As the committee prepares for FAA reauthorization legislation, we will be looking into what caused this outage and how redundancy plays a role in preventing future outages,” said Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chairwoman Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat. “The public needs a resilient air transportation system.” The overnight outage hit the FAA’s Notice to Air Missions System, which provides pilots with safety information.

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