FAA says nationwide ground stop is over after thousands of flights cancelled
Verified: 86 outlets in 39 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 13 of them from the United States.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced that the nationwide ground stop it issued earlier on Friday has been lifted. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said in a press conference Friday night that the airspace has reopened and some flights have started to take off, but warned that “it’ll be slow.” “It’s going to take us some time to unwind what happened this afternoon,” he said. Duffy said that “instability” in the radar communications at air traffic control centers began just after 3:30 p.m. ET. At the time, there were more than 3,500 planes in the air with the ground stop was…
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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
13 outlets from the United States, where the story is: AirlineGeeks, Ars Technica, Bloomberg and 10 more · how we count
- Nov 13, 3:42 AM UTCFirst reportNew York, Boston and Philadelphia Flights Disrupted as Storms Trigger FAA Ground Stopsrustourismnews.com ↗
- Nov 13, 9:18 PM UTC+18 hFAA orders ground stop at all US airports due to 'extraordinary circumstance and reasons for safety'dw.com ↗
- Nov 13, 9:25 PM UTC+18 hFAA grounds all flight within US immediatelycnc3.co.tt ↗
- Nov 14, 2:01 AM UTC+22 h· you’re reading thisFAA says nationwide ground stop is over after thousands of flights cancelledyahoo.com ↗
- Nov 14, 2:34 AM UTC+23 hUS lifts ground stop for airports hours after halting all departurestimesofoman.com ↗
- Nov 14, 2:37 AM UTC+23 hUS flights resume after nationwide ground stop delays NZ services1news.co.nz (again) ↗
- Nov 14, 2:46 AM UTC+23 hUS flights resume after nationwide ground stop liftedfrance24.com (again) ↗
- Nov 14, 2:51 AM UTC+23 hTravelers at Yakima airport among those affected by FAA ground stop Fridayyakimaherald.com ↗
[Claude] All three are reports on the same nationwide FAA ground stop, with no contradictory facts about it.
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