NEWSBREAK....CNBC...all planes heading south are on hold due to computer failure at major tracking center in Va........NO TEXT!

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-- Vern (bacon17@ibm.net), January 06, 2000

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WBZ) Air traffic up and down the East Coast is snarled today, due to a computer glitch at the F.A.A. Center in Leesburg, Virginia. Hundreds of flights are affected, in and out of airports in Washington D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia. The problem is also causing delays for many travelers with southbound flights out of Logan Airport in Boston. F.A.A. officials say they've switched to a backup computer system for now, and it will take several hours to get things back to normal.

-- 0110 (a@friend.com), January 06, 2000.

I would just like to point out that the FAA has been having problems with delayed flights all year. This is not new. Also, a 90 minute delay does not make for a collapse in Western Civilization even if it is y2k related. I prepped as much as anyone but I have to admit that we are starting to look pathetic as we eagerly and hopefully hang on each "possible" y2k problem and react joyously to any disaster around the world. I agree that vigilance and research is necessary but it is not about vindicating us or proving we were right. Let's not get giddy over potential human pain and problems.

PS: CNN announced that the problem was fixed.

-- JoseMiami (caris@prodigy.net), January 06, 2000.


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