medium disasterVERIFIED
Contractor blamed for longest US flights shutdown since 9/11
Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 14.
📍 United States, US·🕐 49m ago·2 outlets
The US air travel schedule should be back to normal by the late Monday.
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✓ Verified · 2 outlets
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
The story so far · 2 reports · · 2 countries✓ Verified Nov 14, 6:06 PM UTC
- Nov 14, 7:41 AM UTCFirst reportOVERVIEW: US flight ban was longest since 9/11cphpost.dk ↗
- Nov 14, 6:06 PM UTC+10 h· you’re reading thisContractor blamed for longest US flights shutdown since 9/111news.co.nz ↗
- Severity rose to medium
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 14, 6:06 PM UTC · +10 h
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Verification Log1
cross checkconfirmed90%
[Claude] Both cover the same FAA nationwide flight ban and its lifting, described as the longest US flight shutdown since 9/11; Report 2 adds that the ban was lifted overnight, which does not conflict with Rep
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
93%Independent outlets2
Statusverified
AI checknone yet
Community flags0
Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
Treat it as unconfirmedWhat moves the score
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Outlet ratingThe outlet’s rating in WorldPulse’s list of sources starts the score
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Report detailsA few points either way: a summary and a place add a little; state-run outlets on conflict, politics or security, and single reports marked high or critical, lose some
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
Very high · How we score this
Risk Score
medium risk