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Update 10:00 EST: The FAA announced that "normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the U.S." The cause of the technical breakdown is still unknown.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is halting all U.S. departures, at least until 9:00am Wednesday morning, due to a system outage. The Notice to Air Missions system (NOTAM), which is used to alert pilots and airports of real-time hazards, went dark around 3:28am, causing thousands of delays and cancellations. The FAA is working to restore the system, and will provide frequent updates.

Key Quotes: "THE FAA is experiencing an outage that is impacting the update of NOTAMS. All flights are unable to be released at this time," the FAA said in an advisory announcing the issue.

For Context: NOTAM provides pilots with critical information regarding airspace closures, taxiway closures, or the presence of equipment near the runway. The NOTAM system failure comes about a week after the En Route Moderation (ERAM) failure, prompting the FAA to slow all flight traffic in Florida.

How the Media Covered it: The halting of all U.S. flights was covered by sources across the political spectrum, with all sources providing frequent updates from the FAA.

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Flights are being delayed at multiple locations across the United States after a computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration.

At around 6:30 Eastern, there were 760 delays within, into or out of the United, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.

The agency said in a tweet that it was working on restoring its Notice to Air Missions System.

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More than 1,000 flight delays were reported across the U.S. Wednesday morning after a key FAA computer system failed.

The latest: The FAA said that it had ordered a pause on domestic flight departures until at least 9 a.m. ET as it worked to restore its Notice to Air Missions System, which sends notifications to pilots about flight restrictions, hazards and broken equipment.

The delays would allow it "to validate the integrity of flight and safety information," it said.

The Federal Aviation Administration is pausing all domestic flight departures until 9 a.m. ET after a technology outage reported overnight.

The FAA's system for alerting pilots and airports of real-time hazards, called NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions), went dark around 3:28 a.m. ET.

"THE FAA is experiencing an outage that is impacting the update of NOTAMS. All flights are unable to be released at this time," the FAA said in an advisory announcing the issue.