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FAA blames thousands of flight delays on router problem

The Federal Aviation Administration Thursday blamed a router problem for a computer failure that caused thousands of flight delays around the country.

The failure affected the FAA's National Airspace Data Interchange Network, which allows pilots to enter flight plans electronically. When the system failed early Thursday, details about the flight plans had to be entered into computers manually,...

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