The large-scale disruption of air traffic in the United States was related to outdated infrastructure: $50 billion is needed for modernization.
The cause of the widespread disruption to US air travel is an antiquated air traffic control infrastructure that urgently needs to be modernized. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called on Congress to allocate $50 billion for this purpose.
According to him, the air traffic control system was overloaded with data, so routers started transmitting wrong information. This forced a temporary shutdown of the system.
US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said authorities had not identified evidence of a cyber attack or exploitation of software vulnerabilities. According to him, new equipment and technologies turned out to be unsuitable for outdated infrastructure.
US President Donald Trump also stated that the incident does not look like a cyber attack. He drew attention to the impressive age of the equipment on which the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) depends: some of the systems are about 55 years old.
The FAA has already lifted the restrictions on mirrors, but the resumption of air traffic will happen gradually. Duffy warned that it would take time to return to normal flight schedules.
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