8:41 a.m. ET, April 1, 2019
The outage was short lived and delays should be minimal, FAA says
The Federal Aviation Administration said the technical outage this morning was "short lived" and that delays because of it should be "minimal."
"The service is back on line a few minutes ago and delays should be minimal," FAA spokesman Greg Martin told CNN
About the outage: Martin says the third-party vendor in question provides weight and balance software which airlines use to determine flight plans and make fuel calculations, among other purposes.