Flights grounded across U.S. due to outage affecting air traffic control, FAA says
A plane at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in 2025.
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- The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded all flights across the United States, citing an air traffic control system issue creating critical safety concerns.
- The agency said an outage is affecting "all air route traffic control centres."
- The website FlightAware shows nearly 7,000 flights have been delayed or cancelled across the U.S.
November 13
All U.S. airports 'ground stopped until further notice,' FAA says
A traveller walks past a view of an air traffic control tower at Philadelphia International Airport in March. (Matt Rourke/The Associated Press) The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has ordered all commercial flights across the country grounded due to what it is calling "extraordinary circumstances."
"All airports are ground stopped until further notice," said an order from the FAA Command Center issued shortly before 4 p.m. ET.
That means no planes can take off from any U.S. airport and the agency warned airlines that flights in the air may be ordered to fly in a holding pattern.
In a post on social media, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed what he called a communication issue affecting the regional centres that control air traffic between airports.
The website FlightAware shows nearly 7,000 flights have been delayed or cancelled at airports across the U.S.
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