FAA glitch shines spotlight on troubled telco project
The outage of a computer system used by airline pilots to file flights plans in the U.S will likely prompt a closer look at a $2.4 billion telecommunications system that has run into numerous problems in the past.
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Update: Computer glitch causes flight delays in U.S.
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