US air travel disruptions to persist until late on Sunday, FAA head says
Verified: 3 outlets in 3 countries have reported this story since Nov 15.
US air travel is not expected to return to normal schedules until late on Sunday, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said, as the aviation system gradually recovers from a nationwide flight shutdown that officials blamed on routine maintenance gone awry. As of 9:35 pm Saturday ET (7:35 am Sunday PKT), airlines had cancelled more than 6,400 US flights and delayed more than 8,000, according to FlightAware, an aviation website. That followed about 9,200 flights cancelled and 7,500 delayed on Friday after the FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop because of disruptions to air…
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
- Nov 15, 4:38 AM UTCFirst reportUS air travel disruptions until late Sunday: FAA chiefbdnews24.com ↗
- Nov 15, 6:51 AM UTC+2 hUS air travel disruptions to persist until late on Sunday, FAA head saysthecitizen.co.tz ↗
- Severity rose to medium
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 15, 6:51 AM UTC · +2 h
- Nov 15, 7:24 AM UTC+3 h· you’re reading thisUS air travel disruptions to persist until late on Sunday, FAA head saysdawn.com ↗
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32m agoUS air travel disruptions to persist until late on Sunday, FAA head says US air travel is not expected to return to normal schedules until late on Sunday, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said, as the aviation system gradually recovers from a nationwide flight shutdown that officials blamed on routine maintenance gone awry. As of 9:35 pm Saturday ET (7:35 am Sunday PKT), airlines had cancelled more than 6,400 US flights and delayed more than 8,000, according to FlightAware, an aviation website. That followed about 9,200 flights cancelled and 7,500 delayed on Friday after the FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop because of disruptions to air…
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