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Concerning the mass flight delays that hit hardest the Northeast of the United States yesterday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that the situation around the country was returning to normal, with delays remaining in Atlanta and Chicago.

FAA spokeswoman, Kathleen Bergen in Atlanta, said the problem that occurred Tuesday afternoon involved a failure in a communication link that transmits flight plan data from the Georgia facility to a similar facility in Salt Lake City.
As a result, the Salt Lake City facility was having to process those flight plans, causing delays in planes taking off. She said the delays were primarily affecting departing flights.

Another FAA spokeswoman Diane Spitaliere, during an early evening conference call with reporters, said Tuesday’s glitch appeared to be a software problem and the situation was returning to normal, though the Hampton facility was not yet processing flight plans again. (source)