Canada briefly hit with similar aviation outage as U.S. flights ‘gradually’ resume

Canada’s aviation system was briefly hit with a computer outage just hours after issues with the same system forced the United States’ Federal Aviation Administration to bring air traffic to a standstill across the country. However, Canadian officials say they do not believe the cause of the outages are related. “NAV CANADA’s Canadian NOTAM entry system experienced an outage affecting newly issued NOTAMs at approximately 10:20 a.m. ET and was restored approximately at 1:15 p.m. Mitigations were in place to support continued operations,” said Vanessa Adams, a spokesperson for NAV Canada, in an emailed statement. “We are still investigating the root cause of the failure. At this time, we do not believe the cause is related to the FAA outage experienced earlier today.” Flights in the US are “gradually” resuming following the outage, and NAV Canada said on Twitter that the outage hitting Canadian systems did not cause any delays. Less than two hours after announcing the outage, which NAV Canada said was affecting “newly issued NOTAMs,” the organization confirmed the system had been “restored.” Airlines delayed or canceled more than 10,000 US flights on Wednesday after all planes were grounded nationwide for 90 minutes. In the wake of the US outage Wednesday morning, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said he is “following” the situation as it progresses.<br/>