The computer systems that monitor your flight in the air are more than 30 years old, but the new upgraded systems seem to have a few glitches.
For years, the Federal Aviation Administration has been working to upgrade the air traffic control systems and recently installed new monitoring systems in the Salt Lake City airport. The “En Route Automation” computer system is designed to offer better flight
management so flight controllers can handle more aircraft.
Unfortunately, the new plane tracking systems didn’t work quite as planned.
While monitoring a
flight on its way to Texas last weekend, a controller at
Salt Lake City airport noted the screen suddenly changed the plane to
one that had just landed.
The glitch was significant enough to remove the system entirely and all planes were told to increase their distances between each other while the backup air traffic control computers were brought online.
The FAA said the glitch has been identified and a fix is in the process.
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