FAA has not lost contact with flights in air: report

Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:53pm EDT
 
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has not lost contact with any flights in the air, CNN reported.

The FAA reported delays to air traffic at more than two dozen airports across the country because of a communications network problem.

CNN quoted the FAA as saying there were no radar problems.

(Reporting by Jackie Frank; Editing by Frances Kerry)

 

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