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Sunday, May 04, 2014

U2 spy plane delays HUNDREDS of flights from LAX after it overloaded air traffic control system

U-2 Dragon LadyA U-2 spy plane is being blamed for a software glitch at a Californian air traffic control center which led to delays earlier this week.

Hundreds of flights were either cancelled or delayed on Wednesday afternoon and it was a relic from the Cold War that appears to be to blame.

According to NBC News, the U-2 was flying at 60,000 feet, but air traffic control computers were attempting to keep it from colliding with planes that were actually miles beneath it.

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