"At this time -- at 11 o'clock, the FAA told us that their problem was fixed, and we're just catching up as best as we can," said Houston Airport System spokesman Ernie DeSoto.
According to DeSoto, the whole thing started around 8:45 this morning.
The FAA Center had some computer problems, which they addressed as soon as they could. But for a while, nothing was allowed to depart."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well it does appear that someone is messing with the computers, doesn't it? Are they just practicing for when they can shut all the computers down, then what happens to all the planes still in the air? Is that possible is there backup for the computers?
Good question. I sure hope someone knows the answer!