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More Than 2,500 US Flights Canceled For Saturday After Air Traffic Control System Failure

Verified: 135 outlets in 51 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 15 of them from the United States.

📍 United States, US·🕐 22m ago·135 outlets

More than 2,500 flights in the United States were canceled for Saturday, November 14, following a failure in the air traffic control system that had forced departures nationwide to be suspended for several hours the previous day. Several hundred more flights were delayed, the Associated Press reports, citing FlightAware. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said…

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The story so far · 185 reports · · 51 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 9:25 PM UTC

15 outlets from the United States, where the story is: AirlineGeeks, AOL, Ars Technica and 12 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, 10:00 AM UTC+30 h· you’re reading this
More Than 2,500 US Flights Canceled For Saturday After Air Traffic Control System Failurereform.news ↗
Nov 14, 10:17 AM UTC+31 h
US flights resume after grounding but delays expected rte.ie (again) ↗
Nov 14, 10:17 AM UTC+31 h
US nationwide flight ground stop: "Our routers got overloaded with data"france24.com (again) ↗
Nov 14, 10:19 AM UTC+31 h
United States nationwide ground stop lifted after longest shutdown since 2001 africanews.com ↗

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[Claude] Reports 2–4 all describe the same nationwide FAA air traffic control failure and ground stop, and none conflicts with Report 1's account of it.

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