U-2 caused LAX delays after the said spy plane triggered a software glitch to the traffic control on Wednesday in California.
Numerous flights were canceled and delayed when a U-2 spy plane passed through the airspace being monitored by L.A. Air Route Traffic Control Center around 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The spy plane is actually the same type of aircraft that was used for high altitude spy missions that was flown over Russia almost fifty years ago. U-2 eventually caused LAX delays in its flights after the old type aircraft overwhelmed the system.
The reason behind how U-2 caused LAX delays is that the spy plane's altitude, which is at 60,000 feet and the route has overloaded the computer system known as ERAM. According to the NBC News, this ERAM is the one responsible for generating display data for air traffic controllers. Computers in the L.A Center are being used to monitor aircrafts and keep it from crashing each other.
It is very crucial to the air traffic controllers have their system stable because they are responsible for the traffic of aircrafts having its flight. Moreover, if the software is in trouble and flights are not suspended, there is a huge chance of aircraft collision since the traffic controllers will have a hard time tracking the location of each plane in the area. With an attempt to address the possible problems related to aircraft collisions, spy plane U-2 eventually caused LAX delays.
The report said that the Federal Aviation Administration has decided to stop accepting flights in the airspace monitored by the L.A Center for about an hour. As a result, LAX being one of the busiest airports has canceled 27 arriving flights and 23 departing flights. U-2 also caused LAX delays of 212 arriving flights and 216 of departing flights. Furthermore, technical specialists resolved the issue causing the glitch and that they are now completing their software development.
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