US Spy Plane Endangers All Air Traffic At LAX

Remember the “glitch” the other day that caused all kinds of air traffic troubles in Cali the other day. Guess what caused it?

“A glitch in an air traffic control computer last week that brought airline flights to a standstill across the region was blamed on the system’s inability to process the flight plan of a high-flying U-2 spy plane, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday.

Officials said that U-2s, a Cold War-era reconnaissance aircraft, usually operate at very high altitudes under visual flight rules. But an FAA computer at a Palmdale air traffic control center interpreted the flight as a low-altitude operation and began processing it for a course below 10,000 feet.

The large number of aircraft reroutings that would have been required to prevent conflicts heavily taxed the computer’s memory and disrupted the system’s processing of other flights, according to the FAA.”

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-u2-spy-plane-airline-service-disruption-20140505-story.html 

Question, why would the U2 even be in the same airspace as commercial traffic? Is it spying on American citizens. Pretty messed up if you ask me. Imagine the accidents that could have happened. Who is brought to charge for this?