U.S. flight grounding prompts $50 billion air traffic control overhaul call
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Sina Finance reported that a technical failure caused the longest nationwide U.S. flight grounding in over twenty years. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called on Congress to approve $50 billion in emergency funds to overhaul the air traffic control system. Duffy stated the request is an emergency and enjoys bipartisan support. Duffy and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the outage occurred after a nationwide software patch overloaded legacy routers. [1]
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- 美国交通部长谈全美停飞：国会应该批准500亿美元改造空管系统
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