一名前联邦航空管理局高级官员曾协助关闭9·11事件期间的纽约空域，他在周六呼吁国会为美国航空交通管制系统的改造提供资金，此前设备问题导致全国范围内停飞。
A former top FAA official who helped shut down New York airspace on 9/11 urged Congress to fund an overhaul of the nation's air traffic control system after equipment problems led to a nationwide ground stop.
前联邦航空管理局航空交通高级主管麦克米克周六在《福克斯与朋友周末》节目中表示，周五的故障凸显了该机构更新老旧技术所面临的挑战。
Speaking on "Fox & Friends Weekend" on Saturday, former FAA air traffic senior executive Mike McCormick said Friday's outage highlighted the challenge of updating the agency's aging technology.
“要对联邦航空管理局的航空交通管制系统进行任何现代化改造、更新或技术刷新，始终是一项挑战。这就像你在汽车仍在路上行驶时更换轮胎一样，”麦克米克在讨论故障时表示。
"It is always a challenge to do any modernization, update or technical refresh into the FAA's air traffic control system. It's similar to if you're going to change a tire on a car while it's still moving down the road," McCormick said while discussing the outage.
“新技术压倒了原有技术，导致电信系统中的交换设备及相关软件过载，”他补充道。“这导致了通信问题，最终引发了全国范围内的停飞。”麦克米克表示，他支持旨在升级美国航空交通管制系统的资金计划，并强调技术必须满足当前和未来的需求。
"The newer technology overwhelmed the pre-existing technology, and it led to the overload of the switching and associated software in the telecommunications system," he added. "And that led to communication problems, and then eventually the nationwide shutdown." McCormick said he supports funding initiatives aimed at upgrading the nation's air traffic control system, emphasizing that the technology must meet both current and future demands.
尽管航班已恢复，麦克米克警告称，航空旅行可能需要数天才能恢复正常。
Although flights have resumed, McCormick warned that it could take days for air travel to return to normal.
“这需要几天时间，才能让所有飞机、所有乘客、所有行李、所有机组人员全部到位，使系统能够从早到晚重新运转起来，”他说。“所以我预计至少需要48小时才能完全恢复。”
"This will take several days in order to be able to get all of the aircraft, all the passengers, all the baggage, all of the flight crews, all where they need to be positioned to get the system up and running from early morning through the evening," he said. "So I would predict at least 48 hours in order to restore this completely."
在周六的新闻发布会上，交通部长肖恩·达菲和联邦航空管理局局长布莱恩·贝德福德表示，故障始于一名承包商在联邦航空管理局一个偏远设施进行例行维护时，试图将过时的铜线更换为光纤电缆。
At a Saturday news conference, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said the outage began when a contractor performing routine maintenance at a remote FAA facility attempted to replace outdated copper lines with fiber-optic cables.
达菲表示，施工期间安装的替换路由器淹没了该机构的电信网络，导致雷达和无线电不稳定。达菲和贝德福德表示，调查人员未发现网络攻击的证据。
Duffy said a replacement router installed during the work flooded the agency's telecommunications network, triggering radar and radio instability. Duffy and Bedford said investigators found no evidence of a cyberattack.
“我们的许多承包商，许多合作伙伴，他们拿我们的钱，却给我们提供非常糟糕的服务。就此打住，”达菲表示，并补充说，他计划向国会提交一份详细的资金请求，涵盖电信升级以及老化跑道和控制塔的改进。
"Many of our contractors, many of our partners, they take our money, and they provide really poor service to us. Full stop," Duffy said, adding that he plans to submit a detailed funding request to Congress covering telecommunications upgrades and improvements to aging runways and control towers.
“这是一个FAA系统未能应对当下，我们的承包商未能应对当下，或者设备未能应对当下，导致了中断，”达菲表示。
"This was an FAA system that didn't meet the moment, our contractor didn't meet the moment or the equipment didn't meet the moment, and caused the outages," Duffy said.
尽管出现了广泛的中断，航空专家表示，停飞航班的决定体现了美国航空交通系统内置的安全措施。
Despite the widespread disruptions, aviation experts said the decision to halt flights demonstrated the safety measures built into the nation's air traffic system.
商业飞行员、Byrna Technologies执法部门负责人乔什·希拉德表示，这一事件表明航空系统将乘客安全置于便利之上。他赞扬飞行员、空中交通管制员和机组人员安全地将飞机带回地面。
Josh Schirard, a commercial pilot and head of law enforcement at Byrna Technologies, said the incident showed that the aviation system prioritizes passenger safety over convenience. He praised pilots, air traffic controllers and flight crews for safely bringing aircraft to the ground.
“过去24小时我们所看到的事情，最大的启示在于，对美国旅客来说，我们的航空系统有多安全，昨天正是对此的绝佳例证，”希拉德表示。
"The big takeaway from what we saw over the last 24 hours really is for the American traveler, how safe our air system really is, and yesterday was a great illustration of that," Schirard said.
“通过现有基础设施的安全性——通过飞行员、机组人员、管制员、飞机本身，以及实施的协议和实践的真正冗余——所有这些共同作用，使我们能够在几小时内让3500架飞机和超过一百万名旅客安全着陆，”他说。
"Through the safety of the infrastructure that does exist – through the pilots, the crew, the controllers, through the airplanes themselves and really the redundancy of protocols and practices that are in place – that all combined is what allowed us to take 3,500 planes in a matter of hours and over a million travelers and get them on the ground safely," he said.
退休的联合航空飞行员斯科特·帕蒂洛表示，如果当时自己正在飞行，他对全国停飞的最初反应将是难以置信。
Scott Pattillo, a retired United Airlines pilot, said his initial reaction to a nationwide ground stop would have been disbelief if he had been flying at the time.
“嗯，我首先想到的是，‘天哪，这是真的吗？这真的发生在周五13号吗？’其次，这让人想起9/11事件，我们都记得那是什么样子，尤其是当时在工作、在飞行的人，”他说。“所以作为飞行员，第一件事就是，我不会[会]惊慌。”帕蒂洛解释说，根据他的了解，这次故障干扰了高空航管员的雷达数据和无线电通信。然而，机场塔台和负责进港飞机的管制员依赖的是独立技术，未受同一故障影响。
"Well, first thing I think is, 'Holy crap, is this real? Is this really happening on a Friday the 13th?' And second thing, it harps back to 9/11, and we all remember what that was like, especially if we were working and flying during that time," he said. "So the first thing, as a pilot, is I'm not [going to] panic." Pattillo explained that, based on his understanding, the outage disrupted radar data and radio communications for high-altitude air traffic controllers. Airport towers and controllers handling arriving aircraft, however, relied on separate technology that was not affected by the same outage.
帕蒂洛说，这一区别使得已经在空中的飞行员能够继续沿既定航线飞行，并安全抵达目的地。
Pattillo said that distinction allowed pilots already in the air to continue along their assigned routes and safely reach their destinations.
“作为飞行员，你必须保持可预测性，”帕蒂洛说。“在特定情景下，你接受过该做什么的训练。最好的做法就是继续沿着那条路径飞行。”帕蒂洛还为全国停飞航班的决定辩护，称这“绝对”是正确的决定。
"As a pilot, you have to remain predictable," Pattillo said. "And you're trained under certain scenarios what to do. And the best thing to do is continue on that path." Pattillo also defended the decision to ground flights nationwide, calling it "absolutely" the right move.
“当你开始失去我们所有人都期待的安全水平时，那么是的，关闭领空正是正确的决定，”他说。
"When you start to lose a level of safety that we all expect, then yeah, that was exactly the right call, to start shutting down the airspace," he said.