US says airspace now ‘opened up’ after grounding all flights for hours, sparking travel chaos
Verified: 110 outlets in 45 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 13 of them from the United States.
The US grounded all flights for several hours Saturday, sparking travel chaos across the vast country, after what government officials said was a major communications outage caused by decades old technology. The nationwide stop left hundreds of thousands of passengers in limbo, with some pulled off planes moments before departure by airline staff who appeared in the dark about unfolding events. The incident marked only the second time such an alert had been issued in US airspace since the 9/11 attacks. Federal Aviation Authority officials lifted the groundstop after around four hours, with…
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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, 4:52 AM UTC+25 hNationwide ground stop strands passengers at Central Nebraska Regional Airportksnblocal4.com ↗
- Nov 14, 4:52 AM UTC+25 hUS Flight Ground Stop: What we know about disruptionvanguardngr.com (again) ↗
- Nov 14, 5:04 AM UTC+25 h· you’re reading thisUS says airspace now ‘opened up’ after grounding all flights for hours, sparking travel chaosdawn.com (again) ↗
- Nov 14, 5:06 AM UTC+25 hUS lifts nationwide flight halt after air traffic control system failure disrupts thousands of flightsnewindianexpress.com ↗
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11m agoUS says airspace now ‘opened up’ after grounding all flights for hours, sparking travel chaos The US grounded all flights for several hours Saturday, sparking travel chaos across the vast country, after what government officials said was a major communications outage caused by decades old technology. The nationwide stop left hundreds of thousands of passengers in limbo, with some pulled off planes moments before departure by airline staff who appeared in the dark about unfolding events. The incident marked only the second time such an alert had been issued in US airspace since the 9/11 attacks. Federal Aviation Authority officials lifted the groundstop after around four hours, with…
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