Mexico City (EFE).- The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA, in English) postponed a meeting with the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) of Mexico scheduled for tomorrow Thursday the 12th, this after a technical failure in the computer system of the US agency, the Mexican agency reported on Wednesday.
In a statement, the SICT reports that, “at the request of the FAA authorities, the high-level meeting between this unit and the aforementioned US agency is postponed.”
The meeting was originally scheduled for this January 12, 2023.
However, “the FAA requested to reschedule the meeting and make the visit to Mexico as soon as possible. The foregoing due to the technical problems that the agency suffered in its systems today, “said the SICT.
This Wednesday, thousands of flights were delayed or canceled in the United States due to a failure in the FAA notification system that caused chaos at several airports in the country.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, ordered a full investigation by the Department of Transportation to find out the causes of the failure. According to White Housethere are no indications that it was caused by a cyber attack.
AIR SAFETY
The US suffered air chaos two weeks ago, although then it was due to the passage of winter storm Elliot, which caused thousands of flight cancellations.
This Wednesday was the first time since the attacks of September 11, 2001 that the country’s authorities have prohibited domestic flight departures.
At the beginning of last December, the head of the (SICT), Jorge Nuño Lara, said that Mexico was advancing in the process to recover category 1 in aviation security and expects it to be in April 2023.
Furthermore, the official He announced that on January 12 he would hold a meeting in Mexico with Billy Nolen, interim director of the FAA to evaluate the corrective action plan.
On May 25, 2021, the FAA demoted Mexico to category 2 of the International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA).
The FAA’s downgrade of Mexico’s aviation security profile to category 2 is an action that prevents Mexican airlines from adding new flights to the United States and limits the ability of companies to carry out operating agreements with each other. .
The redesign of the airspace was one of the modifications that led to the construction and entry into operation of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), inaugurated on March 21 after three years under construction, a work that has faced criticism for operating until now. , limited flights.
The new airport has faced questions from security specialists due to risks by sharing the airspace with the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) and the Toluca City Airport, some 50 kilometers from the capital. EFE
