Flights Back To Normal After FAA Automation Nightmare

BALTIMORE (WJZ)--Airplanes back in the sky today after the FAA stopped all flights because of an air traffic control computer glitch in Virginia.

Wings are up, but the problem is not over as travelers on cancelled flights Saturday were fighting to make it out on flights today.

WJZ's Marcus Washington has more.

As flights resumed Sunday at BWI Airport, travelers weren't holding back smiles after Saturday's fiasco.

This, after flights throughout the East Coast and beyond are cancelled the day before.

"I was here yesterday from 8:00 in the morning to 8:00 in the evening," said Lynette Jett.

"And right as we pulled up to the curb and unloaded the bags, we got a notification the flight was cancelled. Went in and tried to resolve it and we couldn't get anything until today, so pretty much lost a day," said Adam Silverstein.

But for good reason.

The FAA reported a glitch in an air traffic control center in Virginia, which halted flights across the country leaving many travelers upset.

"I am heartbroken because I was supposed to get on a cruise. So, I'm going to miss four days being on the cruise," said Jett.

Sunday many of those travelers are at it again, joining thousands of other travelers hoping to make a flight out to their destination this time around.

"They're getting everything resolved pretty decently I would say," said Silverstein.

The problem on Sunday wasn't the flight being on time, but who could get on a flight in time to get to where they were trying to go the day before.

It's been a tough 24 hours for some, but they are all happy for one thing.

"I rather find out when I'm on the ground, that there's an outage, than when I'm in the air and something bad happens," said Silverstein.

A spokesperson with the FAA is saying they are continuing with a root cause analysis to determine what caused the problem.