OTTAWA — The company that operates Canada’s civil air navigation service says flooding from a severe thunderstorm in Ottawa brought down its automated flight planning system early Saturday. Nav Canada says there were delays, mainly affecting international flights, but the safety of the travelling public was not compromised. Wilson says there was no impact on air traffic control or communications with aircraft during the outage. “Delays occurred due to problems reinstating connectivity of the system with neighbouring air navigation service providers,” Wilson said in the statement. “Nav Canada apologizes to customers and all members of the travelling public for any inconvenience arising from this unforeseen incident,” he said.

Source: National Post July 16, 2017 01:07 UTC