The FAA has told Fox News that any claims of a software outage issue are false, Fox Business reports. That cuts against the account an anonymous federal official gave MS NOW, which said a software update caused the nationwide ground stop.
Fox Business also quotes an FAA statement, as of 8pm ET (01.00 UK), saying the agency did not lose all radar or telecoms. The statement says medevac, life-saving cargo and law enforcement flights were allowed to continue. This bears on earlier reports of radar and radio failures.
The denial, as reported, does not address the CBS News account. CBS sources still say an update to a communications network operated by L3Harris caused the system to reboot and crash. That has not been officially confirmed.
According to Fox Business, senior officials told Fox News Digital they did not expect anything 'nefarious' and did not believe it was a cyberattack.
The FAA's response comes from a single outlet's account and has not been independently checked.