FAA : Technical Problem Causes East Coast Flight Delays

(RTTNews) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said that flights were delayed for more than an hour at some East Coast U.S. airports on Saturday due to a computer problem at a regional air-traffic control center in Virginia.

Six airports from the New York area to Florida were expecting late flights, with Baltimore-Washington International facing as much as two-hour delays.

American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) said in a Twitter that an issue with air traffic control was "impacting all airlines' east coast flights." It asks passengers to plan accordingly.

Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) tweeted that air traffic control directives in Washington are affecting their operations.