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Minimal airline delays, cancellations a day after US outage

Delays and cancellations among flights across the United States were minimal on Thursday, a day after a system that offers safety information to pilots failed, grounding US air traffic and leading to thousands of stranded travellers. There were 636 delays into, within or out of the US as of Thursday morning and 82 cancellations. The breakdown showed how much American air travel depends on the computer system that generates alerts called NOTAMs or Notice to Air Missions.