REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON -- Computer malfunction at an air traffic control center in Virginia near Washington, D.C. was delaying arrivals and departures for flights in the U.S northeast, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Saturday.
"The FAA is diagnosing an automation problem at an air traffic center in Leesburg, Va.," said a statement from the agency. "Some flights into and out of the New York and Washington, D.C. metro area airports area may be delayed."
According to the FAA website, airports experiencing delays Saturday included Dulles International Airport and Baltimore- Washington International Marshall Airport, as well as New York's La Guardia and John F. Kennedy International airports. Airports in New Jersey and Philadelphia were also reporting similar delays.