The source of a technical malfunction that caused serious disruptions to air transport operations in the United States last week has been identified. Specialists found a router believed to have caused the problem and sent it to a laboratory for detailed examination.
Globalinfo.az reports that US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced this.
According to the secretary, a router that transmits data to the air traffic control network and played a role in the malfunction has been identified.
Specialists are currently examining the equipment at an L3Harris laboratory in Florida. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has joined the investigation alongside staff from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Duffy said the main aim is to determine whether the problem stemmed from a technical error during the device’s installation or from a fault in the equipment itself.
On November 13, a communications system problem at FAA air traffic control centres caused flights across the United States to be halted for more than four hours.
More than 10,000 flights nationwide were cancelled on Friday and Saturday as a result of the malfunction. The incident is considered one of the most serious disruptions to US aviation in the past 25 years.
