She gave Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater a call. The FAA did report a minor snafu with several printers in Oakland, California and New York that are part of the Ocean Air Traffic systems. It directs flights into and out of the United States over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Garvey says that failure wasn't Y2K-related. Deputy FAA Administrator Monte Belger adds the malfunction didn't disrupt service or put anyone into danger.
Controllers use the printers to print flight information when tracking planes.
On each piece of paper is printed the name of the airline, destination and flight number. Belger says controllers simply printed the information by hand, when the machines failed . There was also a lighting problem in Lake Charles, Louisiana, but that turned out to be caused by a road-traffic accident when a taxi crashed into a power pole. The FAA says passenger safety wasn't affected in this situation either. No Y2K glitches were reported on U.S. railroads.