Transportation secretary said stoppage is due to ‘communication issue’ and homeland security says there’s no indication of ‘nefarious attack’
FAA grounds thousands of flights – live
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a nationwide ground stop for all flights in the US on Friday, delaying or canceling more than 11,000 US flights, according to aviation tracker FlightAware, and throwing airports into sudden chaos.
In a post on X, Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, said the stoppage is due to “a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers” and that the FAA’s technicians are looking into the matter.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/13/faa-nationwide-ground-stop-flights
Author : Abené Clayton
Publish date : 2026-11-14 01:01:00
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