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The FAA is monitoring its systems at 'high level' after its NOTAM failure grounded all planes, a senior official told ABC News. With the Federal Aviation Administration's Notice To all Air Missions, or NOTAM, system back up and running, staffing remains high and systems monitoring is at an urgently high level this morning, a senior official told ABC News Thursday. MORE: Software maintenance mistake at center of major FAA computer meltdown: Official Computer traffic on the NOTAM system is at super-high levels as airlines, pilots and airports start the day with normal flight operations while also trying to make up for delays and cancellations yesterday. At the same time, public and media computer traffic on the NOTAM system is running high because of global interest in the antiquated system that crashed on Wednesday. The ground stop order that paused all airplane domestic departures and the FAA systems failures Wednesday morning appear to have been the result of a mistake...

Airlines continue to cancel thousands of flights in what is becoming a Christmas nightmare for so many, as winter storms continue to cause havoc across the U.S. Airlines continue to cancel thousands of flights in what is becoming a Christmas nightmare for so many, as winter storms continue to cause havoc across the U.S. Most major airlines have canceled or delayed thousands of flights, with Southwest Airlines leading the pack with 2,765 or 68% of its flights getting canceled so far Monday, due to a reported system meltdown. On Christmas Day, 42% of Southwest’s flight s were cancel ed and 48% were delayed, according to data from FlightAware. MORE: Buffalo hit by 'blizzard of the century,' governor says Angry Southwest customers took to Twitter on Monday, sharing their frustrations over the delays, cancelations and long hold times to speak to customer service agents. “With consecutive days of extreme winter weather across our network behind us, continuing challenges are impacti...

Severe turbulence rocked a flight from Phoenix to Honolulu Sunday, seriously injuring 11 people in what an Hawaiian Airlines official called an isolated and unusual event HONOLULU -- Severe turbulence rocked a flight from Phoenix to Honolulu Sunday, seriously injuring 11 people in what an Hawaiian Airlines official called an isolated and unusual event. Jon Snook, the airline's chief operating officer, said the airline hasn't experienced “an incident of this nature in recent history.” The flight was full, carrying 278 passengers and 10 crew members, he said during an afternoon news conference. Jim Ireland, director of Honolulu Emergency Medical Services, said 20 people were taken to hospitals, including 11 people deemed to be in serious condition. At least one person was reported to have been rendered unconscious but all patients were awake and talking when they arrived at hospitals, he said. Patients suffered cuts, including to the head, as well as bumps and bruises. Some p...