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Unless you are on vacation in a tropical paradise and desperate for any excuse to stay on vacation in a tropical paradise, this week will be an absolute nightmare for airline travelers.

Due to an overnight glitch early Wednesday morning in a critical Federal Aviation Administration computer system, nearly 8,000 flights have been delayed and over 1,000 flights have been canceled outright, according to flight tracker FlightAware. That raises a tricky question: If the FAA is tasked with holding airlines accountable for widespread outages -- like, say, the delays and cancellations courtesy of Southwest last week -- then who holds the FAA accountable when it's the culprit?

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Source Fool.com