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bianna golodryga picks up our coverage now. hello everyone. i'm bianna golodryga. airports are scrambling to get back on schedule after an early morning glitch throws the nation's air travel into chaos. a key safety system for the faa went down forcing a nationwide ground stoup on all domestic departing flights. that's left travelers stranded in airports or trapped on board parked airliners. the ground stop is now lifted, but the backlog of flights is still jamming airports across the country. cnn correspondents and analysts have been following these developments. let's begin with ...

Pack a little patience. bianna. >> it is indicative, when you have passengers booking a ten-hour layover, assuming there's going to be a delay. obviously no one knew this was going to be the cause of the delay. given the disruptions we've seen because of weather, that was probably a smart thing to do. i want to bring in david soucie and richard quest. richard, let me start with you. explain to us what this safety system, the notam is. >> it stands for notice to airman. it's a system whereby all the air traffic control information, the airport information is put together by the faa and then dis...

Flooding rains in portions of the south east around arc kay into tennessee and the carolinas. then further off to the north we have heavy rain in the midwest and incredibly heavy snow into portions of the northern high plains, all of this will likely cause travel concerns, not only in the air but also on the highways as well. >> allison, thank you. no injuries reported after a plane carrying the minnesota vikings skidded off a runway x they had to use a fire truck ladder to get the team off the plane. >> let's go. >> the players seem to be in good spirits posting videos to their facebook pages...