- The US has officially given the reason that the computer system stopped working due to a disruption, but this reason is not accepted. Corporate companies also make arrangements so that as soon as a computer system goes down, another system is up and running within minutes. No one believes that a country like America does not have that system, so there is a fear that America is hiding something.
The event that thousands of flights were grounded after the Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system malfunctioned in America has shocked the whole world. If this can happen in a highly developed country like America, then everyone is thinking that where are the radishes of our farm.
Notam software provides all the information to the air crew including the pilots flying the aircraft about future threats to their planes, runways available at the airport where they have to land. With the shutdown of NOTAM, flight crews stopped receiving safety instructions in American airspace. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wisely grounded hundreds of flights as it threatened to create chaos and chaos in the skies. About 21 thousand flights fly in America every day. Of these, 3700 flights were affected. Around 1200 flights had to be delayed while 600 flights had to be cancelled. Thousands of passengers were left frustrated as flights were canceled while thousands of passengers on delayed flights had to wait for hours at airports.
The entire day of Wednesday was chaos and chaos in the air service in the United States. As flights are the major transportation system in America to get from one place to another, people's condition worsened. India-US air traffic was not affected but several other international flights were also affected.
Some flights were able to resume Wednesday as the FAA restored air mission systems after hours of work, but air traffic has not yet been restored. Most of the airlines have also been caught off guard by the chaos in the system and are now taking a precautionary approach to canceling flights. Because of this, it is not certain when the flight system of America will be bustling like before.
Such a big incident happened in America but not many details related to it have come out. The US has officially given the reason that the computer system stopped working due to a disruption, but this reason is not accepted. Corporate companies also make arrangements so that when there is a sudden disturbance in the computer system, another system is working within minutes.
No one believes that a country like America does not have that system. Due to this, there is a fear that America is hiding something. America has not bothered to give detailed details as to why its flights were stopped but it seems that the American air service was stopped due to a cyber attack.
The possibility of a cyber attack is also due to the fact that the President of the United States, Joe Biden, rushed the Secretary of Transportation, that is, the Minister of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg. Biden has also ordered an investigation and did not rule out the possibility of a cyber attack.
America has many enemies but there is a strong possibility that this cyber attack was done by China or Russia. It is also possible that Russia and China have done it together. The reason for doubting Russia or China is that these two countries have the strength to beat America in technology. North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, etc., are not few of America's enemy countries. Organizations from IS to Al Qaeda are also enemies of America, but no other countries or organizations have the strength to penetrate the American system and stop it except China and Russia. America is a bully country of technology, so make your system foolproof. Intruding into it is like piercing the seven corners of Abhimanyu's pride and it is not anyone else's yard, so only Russia and China are suspected. If America admits that it has been cyber-attacked, its face will be ruined. America should be ashamed to publicly admit that America is bullying and bullying the whole world. Because of this, there is no reason why America suppresses the talk of cyber attacks.
This incident has made it clear how big a threat there is to the world. It is mind boggling to imagine what would happen if the communication system of the airline suddenly goes down. A service disruption caused by a computer outage notam informs pilots of in-flight hazards and airport conditions when a flight lands or takes off.
If thousands of planes are in the air, suddenly this system goes down or if someone hacks it and starts giving mixed instructions, many planes will collide in the air. Due to this, even if the people sitting in the plane fall down, but if it falls on residential areas, power plants etc., a huge accident will occur. Terrorist organizations can do blackmail by hacking the system.
In view of this threat, it is necessary to find another option for giving instructions to the pilots. America does not believe in taking any security risks. They believe in taking precautionary measures as soon as there is a small incident that threatens the security of the people, so America may have started working in that direction, but other countries of the world should also think in that direction.
What happened in America can happen tomorrow in any country in the world. America is good at technology, so it solved the problem within hours and made the planes fly back, but not every country has that strength. Secondly, even a country like America cannot save its own system and if it takes hours to repair it, the condition of countries including India will deteriorate.
In India, two months ago, the server of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was hacked and the entire system went down for weeks. If the system related to air traffic is hacked, we cannot even imagine what would happen to us, so that other countries, including India, wake up and adopt alternative technologies, so that a serious situation does not arise in the future, it is in their interest. Conscious man is always happy.
'Notam' a system that warns the pilot against all threats
The Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system is considered the most important for flights in the United States.
This system alerts the pilots to even the smallest threat to the flight. Incidents of bird strikes on flights are common.
From general bird threats to runway closures, crew members including pilots receive information through this system.
Without a NOTAM system that sends real-time alerts to crew members, the risk of two flights colliding mid-air or being hit by a bird suddenly coming in front of the plane or something else increases.
The American media took enough notice to pick up the issue
It has been noticed that such a big crisis has occurred in America, but not much details about it have been reported or discussed in the media. Obviously this is likely to be a cyber attack but the US media has avoided even mentioning it. This is yet another proof that the US media does not touch on issues that embarrass the country. Instead of creating sensationalism and creating panic among the people, the media has behaved responsibly.
