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states. >> reporter: the number of flight delays are still climbing along with major outrage over how air travel came to a near unprecedented halt. >> the faa did just post that no u.s. departures will happen today until 9:00 a.m. >> reporter: wednesday morning, airports across the country stood still as the federal aviation administration implemented a nationwide ground stop, something not seen since the n9/11 terrorist attacks. >> interesting day. everybody except medivac and militar...

>> my reaction is its very unfortunate computer glitches and computer problems have come to this but i think probably more than that i was worried because the system is part of the system wide management information swaim, the nickname s.w.i.m. and controls almost everything about your flight venture through the country, the dispatch, the air traffic control separations, aviation, weather. so that system came under criticism as early as before in 2011 my old office, the office of inspector gener...