live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in america where aviation authorities are still trying to find out why a safety messaging system failed, grounding all departing flights for more than an hour early on wednesday. the white house says there is no evidence of a cyber attack at this point. the us transport secretary said the federal aviation administration must find out why backup systems didn t prevent the failure. our north america correspondent gary o donaghue reports. it was in the early hours that the problems began to emerge with the notam system, which warns pilots of any dangers before they take off. byjust after 7:00am, the federal aviation authority was ordering all carriers across the us to ground their planes untilfurther notice, causing chaos for early morning travellers. i m a little annoyed. i feel bad for the people who are actually sitting on pl
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. we begin in the united states where the federal aviation authority says that an investigation has shown that the failure of the safety messaging system which led to all departing flights being grounded early on wednesday was caused by a damaged file in a database. a tweet confirmed that there is no evidence of a cyber attack. flights have been getting back to normal. our north america correspondent gary o donoghue reports. it was in the early hours that the problems began to emerge with the notam system, which warns pilots of any dangers before they take off. byjust after 7:00am, the federal aviation authority was ordering all carriers across the us to ground their planes until further notice, causing chaos for early morning travellers. i m a little annoyed. a little nervous. we re going on a cruise. we have a cruise to catch at 6pm. i feel bad for the people who are actually sitting on planes right now. i mea
masters of the rock era, dies suddenly at the age of 78. little relief from the rain in california as the chaos caused by deadly downpours becomes clear, there s warnings of worse weather to come. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. an investigation into the failure of the safety messaging system which led to all departing flights in the united states being grounded early on wednesday was caused by a damaged file in a database and not by a cyber attack. that s according to an investigation by the federal aviation authority. flights have been getting back to normal, but the us transport secretary said the faa must find out why backup systems did not prevent the failure. our north america correspondent, gary o donahew reports. it was in the early hours that the problems began to emerge with the notam system, which warns pilots of any dangers before they take off. byjust after 7:00am, the federal aviation authority was ordering all carriers across the
little relief from the rain in california as the chaos caused by deadly downpours becomes clear. there s warnings of worse weather to come. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. first, an investigation into the failure of the safety messaging system, which led to all departing flights in the united states being grounded early on wednesday, was caused by a damaged file in a database and not by a cyberattack. that s according to an investigation by the federal aviation authority. flights have been getting back to normal, but the us transport secretary said the faa must find out why back up systems did not prevent the failure. our north america correspondent gary o donahew reports. it was in the early hours that the problems began to emerge with the notam system, which warns pilots of any dangers before they take off. byjust after 7am, the federal aviation authority was ordering all carriers across the us to ground their planes until further notice, caus