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There has been a temporary telecommunications outage - out of an abundance of caution all flights have been halted. Every flight has been accounted for and international flights will be handled on a case by case basis.
FAA Issues Rare Nationwide Ground Stop for U.S. Flights Amid Telecom Outage
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a nationwide ground stop Friday afternoon due to a telecommunications outage affecting air traffic control centers, the second such action since 9/11. Overloaded routers in the aging network caused inconsistent data, leading to a four-to-five-hour halt that delayed or canceled over 10,000 flights. Officials ruled out cyberattacks, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called for emergency funding to modernize the system. Separately, a tanker collided with a cruise ship in New Orleans, sending passengers into the water but with all safely accounted for.