U.S. FAA says update will prevent 'bad data' from corrupting key database


FILE PHOTO Passengers exit a bus at Terminal 2 as they wait for the resumption of flights at OHare International Airport after the Federal Aviation Administration FAA ordered airlines to suspend all domestic departures due to a disruption in the system in Chicago Illinois U.S. January 11 2023. REUTERSJim Vondruska

FILE PHOTO: Passengers exit a bus at Terminal 2 as they wait for the resumption of flights at O'Hare International Airport after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered airlines to suspend all domestic departures due to a disruption in the system, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) acting head will tell a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday that new safeguards adopted after a computer outage snarled thousands of flights will ensure a backup database will not be corrupted.

The Jan. 11 ground stop forced a halt to all U.S. passenger departing traffic for almost two hours, the first such action since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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