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♪ good wednesday morning. i'm erica hill. >> and i'm jim scuitto. perhaps some relief. the first flights taking off moments ago from reagan national airport here in d.c., this after the faa lifted the earl why are ground stop. now restarting all u.s. takeoffs, but the logistical nightmare continues as airports across the country try to get their flights back on schedule. they're still mounting. it all started early morning after a key faa system went down, halting all u.s. flight departures. >> and that spreads around the world. in london, passengers said they were stuck on the t...

Simple as a single-point failie. that's troubling. aviation is safe, because it is redundant, it has resilience built into it. ironly this notice to air missions, formerly notice to air men, that's a redunt danes. you have your public safety rules, flight plan, and before you take off you have the ntams. so it is part of the redundant system, but perhaps doesn't have enough redundancy itself. we need to look at it, with the persistent underfunding of faa investment at the air travel control level. it's a bit of a house of cards, and quite a commendable thing