good wednesday morning. i m erica hill. and i m jim scuitto. perhaps some relief. the first flights taking off moments ago from reagan national airport here in d.c., this after the faa lifted the earl why are ground stop. now restarting all u.s. takeoffs, but the logistical nightmare continues as airports across the country try to get their flights back on schedule. they re still mounting. it all started early morning after a key faa system went down, halting all u.s. flight departures. and that spreads around the world. in london, passengers said they were stuck on the tarmac for hours waiting to be taken off. president biden has been briefed, and they re work ing - and we ll respond at that time. pete muntean is at reagan airport, and athena jones, and emeril walker there in atlanta. this is a vote good sign now that flights are taking off. a very good sign. things were at a standstill. that s when the faa alleviated this ground stop they had in place for a coup
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joining us once again veteran airline pilot captain john cox, he has flown over 14,000 hours with over 10,000 in command of jet airliners. he is an nbc news aviation analyst. and i d like to start where we left off with you, because we can t find anyone who has seen anything like this before, captain. i think unprecedented is probably the correct word. i have done a little bit of checking since the last time we spoke, and i had a friend of mine attempt to pull the notem system and he did get some information. which tells me the system is starting on come back but i don t think that it is up and fully running yet, which the faa rightfully so being conservative with it and testing it before releasing it to the airlines. so even if they get the system back, wouldn t they
pete muntean is at reagan airport, and athena jones, and emeril walker there in atlanta. this is a vote good sign now that flights are taking off. a very good sign. things were at a standstill. that s when the faa alleviated this ground stop they had in place for a couple hours. they actually ended it early. the issue the notice the notem system, the bulletin board, what pilots need to real before they fly. it gives critical information about what they need to land. it s bible appeared verse is pilots must read it before the flight. without the system, they could