Then it is something with your hosting / server ...
If you are able to visit your site and your pirep is displayed at the site, then this means that you are able to send data but not able to get proper response back. This may be the reason acars keeps the button file flight enabled.
And if you really did not changed nothing on your server and phpvms install/configuration, then you may need to consult your hosting provider. It may be a security measure kicking in and blocking api responses going out somehow.