Memory issue disrupts FAA air traffic control system
A memory problem in the traffic management system of the Federal Aviation Administration resulted in the disruption of flights on the U.S. East Coast on Saturday, according to the agency.
The FAA said Monday that data was not removed from the flight control system even after air traffic controllers deleted it, until the storage limit was filled, putting demands on the processing power required for the smooth functioning of the overall En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system.
On Sunday, FAA said a recent software upgrade to a high-altitude radar facility at Leesburg, Va. had possibly led to the disruption, but did not provide details. It maintains that ERAM has had a greater than 99.99% availability rate since it was installed nationwide earlier this year.
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