🔻CBS report: The disruption in communications was due to a network update

Multiple sources told CBS News, the BBC’s media partner in the United States, that the technical fault that led to a nationwide stoppage of flights was caused by an update to a dedicated communications network that connects the U.S. air traffic control system.

The network, which CBS says is operated by L3Harris, was restarted following the update, but then it failed.

In its website, the company says it is “the leading provider” of communications systems for the most advanced air domains, weapons systems, and command-and-control platforms in the world.

L3Harris has not yet responded to a request for comment from BBC.