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even your connecting flights are all going to be not departing or not starting to move until that time. this is a nationwide issue, it's not just a local issue. and, again, we will offer some snacks up front here. help yourself. >> reporter: so that's in state college, pennsylvania. but here in newark things are beginning to get back to normal. this was one of the first airports right here at nuke and atlanta hartsfield-jackson the first airports to get flights going again because of the backlog that was present. we will definitely see more delays here, but in terms of people being able to check in and hopefully by the end of the day get to their destination that has now resumed here at newark. >> keep your fingers crossed. appreciate it. thank you both. of course, the issue when the flights don't come in then they can't go out which can add to this chain reaction. cnn aviation safety analyst, former safety inspector david
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there was no one here an hour ago, almost no one standing in line to check in and the folks at spirit tell us that most of their flights are -- they're showing some delays, but most of their flights are getting back on track. you heard pete muntean mention that the domino effect, the ripple effect of some of these earlier flights causing future delays. some folks we spoke to said they're delayed a couple of hours and the boards are showing that as well. an hour, two-hour delays. we do know from flight aware as of the last maybe 15 minutes ago the last update more than 4,000 delays, nearly 700 cancellations. so while things are beginning to get back to normal here there is clearly going to be an impact. i want to show you video of what passengers have been experiencing this morning as this faa tries to deal with this issue. this is from state college, pennsylvania, watch this and listen to the pa announcement and how passengers have been kind of -- what they've been having to deal with this morning. listen. >> we are also not rebooking because that means all flights
international airport. we don't know what that means for the backlog and if that will continue to cause some delays here, but if you look at the departure board behind me, yes, there are several delays, just a few cancellations, but of course the advice is that everyone who is flying today to call their airlines or at least check the flight status before they head out. back to you. >> athena jones is at newark, one of the other busiest airports, where they were lucky enough, i suppose, they were one of the first to get things going again. i wonder how quickly are things picking up there or is it going to take a lot of time? >> reporter: hi, jim. well, things are -- the activity around this terminal has picked up quite a bit since last hour when we last reported. you can see a lot more people stepping up to these kiosks not just international flights which were not being affected earlier on, but folks flying to miami or fort lauderdale are able to check in. immediately right here they will find out if their flight is delayed. we have spoken to folks at spirit airline, you can see the counters, the lines filling up,
am taking the train. >> kaitlan, thank you very much. we appreciate it. "cnn newsroom" starts right now, of course, with the breaking news as well. ♪ good wednesday morning to you, i'm jim sciutto. >> and i'm erica hill. we are following the breaking news this morning after u.s. flights were grounded, the faa now lifting that ground stop. u.s. flights resuming here. there is, though, as you can imagine a huge mess unfolding at airports across this country and, frankly, around the world. a key faa safety system went down earlier this morning, that led to some scrambling from coast to coast. here is where we stand at this hour, the faa says it is set to resume more flight departures this hour, but in terms of the backlog, the damage that we're seeing, the delays and
position because this had a delay has lasted so long nationwide. think about this, the planes are in the wrong spots, the crews are in the wrong spots and they are mandated by federal regulations that makes them essentially time out if they have been on the clock for a certain period of time. so even though this ground stop is over, the delays may linger here and that is the big question as we go forward, jim and erica. >> absolutely. pete muntean, appreciate it. thank you. also with us cnn anchor and correspondent amara walker who is at atlanta's hartsfield-jackson airport, athena jones is at newark national. athena, we often talk about atlanta as the world's busiest airport, what are you hearing from airlines and passengers there? >> reporter: well, it's been pretty muted here and i think that's because it's not such a busy travel day. i did talk to several passengers, most of them dealing with flight delays. i spoke with one woman who was flying southwest, she had a flight that was supposed to leave at 8:55 that got delayed
relies on the notam system, always have, in my 30, 40 years in aviation i have never known this system to go down. so i think this is a significant problem right now. >> so to that point, david, what vulnerabilities in this system could this expose? and, again, we're early, they haven't figured out what brought it down, but the idea that a system like this could bring basically the whole air transportation system down and very quickly, listen, that's worri worrisome. >> it's very worrisome and even more so worrisome to me is i just went on to check my notams because we use these for pilots up and down the row, even drone pilots use this notam system to see what's going on in any particular operational area. here is what bothers me, the faa says, it's okay, go ahead and fly, however, when i go to the notam search and look at it right now it says due to system processing delays recently entered notams may not be
displayed. it has you confirm that you read t it says, yeah, i read this, i know that. so it's shifted the responsibility now over to the pilots and the dispatchers. so we're going to continue to see delays because they're going to now have to check every airport, every route 25 miles both left and right on that route to see if there's anything that might affect that flight. so there's going to be continued delays. >> so, david, early on this morning as we were watching this, we saw that -- we've heard from passengers in london sitting on the tarmac for three hours but we know of flights taking off from europe. my mom is in the air right now, she took off from new haven just before 7:00 this morning, no notice in the airport, in notice on the planes. so pilots can fly without this information. what does that mean, though, when they are in the air? who is communicating with them? is it just the air traffic control towers? >> yeah, your mom is safe, first of all, let's say that because when the pilots take off what they can do rather than rely on the notams which is a
on is good. >> reporter: and their flight, that flight was not listed as delayed, in fact, they needed to hurry because that was only a few minutes ago, but just a sign of things beginning to get back to normal. we've also heard from united airlines, this is a hub for united saying their customers may continue to see delays because of this ripple effect. you can't have problems with planes taking off for the first few hours of the day and not have a ripple effect. so some delays and cancellations united a warning its passengers they will see as they work to restore their schedule. they say united has activated a travel waiver for any customers who need to change their plans, including offering refunds. they're doing the best they can to try to make sure that this is as painless as possible for the travelers affected, but bottom line here at newark airport and nationally no more ground stop, flights are resuming, there's going to be some ripple effects, but at least people are going to eventually get to their destination. erica and jim? >> that's the good news, they will get there eventually. appreciate it. we hope carlos made his flight.
liberty international airport which did start moving some flights, just a short time ago. i know you're getting a better sense of what this could mean for passengers, what that ripple effect is throughout the day, athena. >> reporter: hi, erica. there are still a lot of delays listed on the board, but things are getting back to normal. you can see the activity behind me, this is a pretty long check-in line here at spirit airlines and i just spoke to this family you're seeing over here, they're going to miami. people are being able to check in, they may be at check in, may be made aware of a delay. we spoke to a young man named carlos a few minutes ago as he was finished checking in here. here is what he had to say about his experience. >> we're going to miami. our experience has been a little hectic just because we got here a little late, we should have gotten here a little earlier to get everything situated, but hopefully there is no delays and hopefully we will get to where we have to go. 10:05 and we are able to check in. hopefully everything from here