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US Grounds All Flights for Four Hours After Tech Outage

Verified: 126 outlets in 48 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 14 of them from the United States.

📍 United States, US·🕐 57m ago·126 outlets

US aviation authorities grounded all flights nationwide for approximately four hours on Friday, Nov. 13, canceling nearly 6,000 flights and stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers after a major communications outage. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy attributed the failure to overloaded 1980s copper lines and legacy switches, renewing his request for $30.1 billion in congressional modernization funding. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirmed there was zero evidence of a cyberattack or any link to recent Microsoft outages, marking only the second nationwide US…

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The story so far · 169 reports · · 48 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 9:25 PM UTC

14 outlets from the United States, where the story is: AirlineGeeks, AOL, Ars Technica and 11 more · how we count

Nov 13, 3:42 AM UTCFirst report
New York, Boston and Philadelphia Flights Disrupted as Storms Trigger FAA Ground Stops rustourismnews.com ↗
Nov 13, 9:18 PM UTC+18 h
FAA orders ground stop at all US airports due to 'extraordinary circumstance and reasons for safety'dw.com ↗
Nov 13, 9:25 PM UTC+18 h
FAA grounds all flight within US immediately cnc3.co.tt ↗
Nov 14, 7:19 AM UTC+28 h· you’re reading this
US Grounds All Flights for Four Hours After Tech Outagekyivpost.com ↗
Nov 14, 7:38 AM UTC+28 h
US lifts nationwide flight halt after communications failure hurriyetdailynews.com ↗
Nov 14, 7:38 AM UTC+28 h
US flights resume after nationwide FAA ground stop, but travel chaos could last for days.khaosodenglish.com ↗
Nov 14, 7:50 AM UTC+28 h
FAA ground stop disrupts hundreds of flights at Philadelphia International Airport fox29.com ↗

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[Claude] All three reports cover the same nationwide FAA ground stop after the Nov. 13 communications outage, and none conflicts with Report 1's facts.

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