Thousands of commercial passenger and cargo aircraft were thrown off schedule at dozens of U.S. airports today, Aug. 26, unable to take off or land on time due to a major shutdown problem with the Federal Aviation Administration's flight control network.

"The FAA is experiencing problems with the computer system that allows FAA air traffic facilities to exchange flight plan data around the country," FAA West coast press liaison Ian Gregor told me via email.

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