[November 20, 2009] Eds:APNewsNow. Tweet (Canadian Press Broadcast Wire (Canada) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) WASHINGTON - Officials say flights were delayed across the U.S. Thursday when a piece of communications equipment in Salt Lake City failed. Federal Aviation Administration officials and an official for the union that represents the agency's technicians say the failure prevented air traffic control computers in different regions of the country from talking to each other. Two large computer centres in Salt Lake City and near Atlanta were affected, as well as 21 regional radar centres around the U.S. The problem began with the failure of a single circuit board inside a router, a piece of communications equipment that enables computers to network to each other. (The Associated Press) (c) 2009 The Canadian Press [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]