FAA grounds all US flights after nationwide outage

Briefing by News4U · First published

The Guardian reported that the Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for all US departures on Friday at about 4pm ET due to a temporary telecommunications outage, delaying and canceling thousands of flights. The FAA stated that every flight has been accounted for and international flights will be handled on a case-by-case basis. [1]

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  1. What to know about the rare nationwide ground stop issued by the FAA

    The Guardian · · Summary only

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