little relief from the rain in california as the chaos caused by deadly downpours becomes clear. there s warnings of worse weather to come. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. first, an investigation into the failure of the safety messaging system, which led to all departing flights in the united states being grounded early on wednesday, was caused by a damaged file in a database and not by a cyberattack. that s according to an investigation by the federal aviation authority. flights have been getting back to normal, but the us transport secretary said the faa must find out why back up systems did not prevent the failure. our north america correspondent gary o donahew reports. it was in the early hours that the problems began to emerge with the notam system, which warns pilots of any dangers before they take off. byjust after 7am, the federal aviation authority was ordering all carriers across the us to ground their planes until further notice, caus
little relief from the rain in california, as the chaos caused by deadly downpours becomes clear. there s warnings of worse weather to come. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. an investigation into the failure of the safety messaging system, which led to all departing flights in the united states being grounded early on wednesday was caused by a damaged file in a database, and not by a cyber attack. that s according to an investigation by the federal aviation authority. flights have been getting back to normal, but the us transport secretary said the faa must find out why backup systems did not prevent the failure. our north america correspondent, gary o donahew reports. it was in the early hours that the problems began to emerge with the notam system, which warns pilots of any dangers before they take off. byjust after 7am, the federal aviation authority was ordering all carriers across the us to ground their planes until further notice, causing
welcome to bbc news. i m monika plaha. our top stories. the biggest air disruption in america since 9/11. officials say a damaged data base file caused a technical fault that forced flights to be grounded across the us. my my top priority now the system is working this morning is to understand the root cause. understand it could have led to this level of disruption and make sure it does not happen again. explosion fighting intensifies in eastern ukraine as the battle for the town of soledar proves one of the bloodiest of the war so far. music plays jeff beck, one of the guitar masters of the rock era,
welcome to bbc news. i m monika plaha. our top stories: the biggest air disruption in america since 9/11: officials say a damaged database file caused a technicalfault that forced flights to be grounded across the us. my my top priority right now, now that the system is working again as of nine o clock this morning, is to understand the root cause, understand how it could have led to this level of disruption and understand how to make sure that he does not happen again. gunfire. fighting intensifies in eastern ukraine as the battle for the town of soledar proves one of the bloodiest of the war so far. jeff beck, one of the guitar masters of the rock era,
welcome to bbc news. i m monika plaha. our top stories. the biggest air disruption in america since 9/11. officials say a damaged data base file caused a technical fault that forced flights to be grounded across the us. my my top priority now the system is working this morning is to understand the root cause. understand it could have led to this level of disruption and make sure it does not happen again. explosion fighting intensifies in eastern ukraine as the battle for the town of soledar proves one of the bloodiest of the war so far. music plays jeff beck, one of the guitar