FAA issues nationwide ground stop due to ‘extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety’

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a temporary ground stoppage on all flights in the United States following a communications issue that affected air traffic control centers. The extraordinary move caused havoc at airports across the country and impacted thousands of flights. It’s unclear when the ground stop will end. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirmed that it was a telecommunication outage and that the ground stop did not constitute a national security threat. kAm“%96C6 :D ?@ :?5:42E:@? E92E H6’G6 925[ ?@ C62D@? E@ 36=:6G6[ E92E 2D @7 C:89E ?@H E9:D H2D 2 E9C62E E@ E96 &?:E65 $E2E6D[” |F==:? E@=5 C6A@CE6CD 2E E96 (9:E6 w@FD6[ =2E6C C6A62E:?8 E96C6 H2D “?@ :?5:42E:@? 2D @7 J6E E92E E9:D H2D 2 ?672C:@FD 2EE24< 282:?DE FD]”k^Am kAm%96 DE@AA286 H2D 2??@F?465 uC:52J 27E6C?@@? 2?5 :E’D F?4=62C 9@H =@?8 :E H:== =2DE] xE >2C@DE C646?E 7F== 8C@F?5 DE@A[ H9:49 =2DE65 23@FE h_ >:?FE6D[ H2D :? a_ab H96? 2 A:=@E ?@E:7:42E:@? 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