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frustrated after more airline chaos. the faa grounded all u.s. flights for about 90 minutes because of an outage of a system that sends critical safety messages to pilots. >> there are now more than 1,200 cancellations, 7900 flight delays. it's been less than two weeks since southwest's meltdown. flights have been gradually taking off. at this hour, it's not known what caused the system's failure according to transportation secretary pete buttigieg. he says there's no sign it was terror related. >> there was an issue with irre irregularities with the messages. we have to figure out w...

Slow to modernize. we're talking about a system built in the 1950s and has been patched together with wire and duct tape. the faa has modernized fitfully and in starts over the years, in many cases for lack of funding. we have a system that is held together by virtue of the amazing performance of the air traffic control personnel against all odds. it's important in aviation that there's redundancy. that gives us safety. it's worth pointing out that this is not necessarily a safety of flight issue. the remedy for no notice to air missions is you stay on the ground. that's what happens. the flig...