FAA Halts Commercial Flights!
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Washington, Nov 13 (EFE).-
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a halt to outbound air traffic at all airports nationwide on Friday due to a communication problem affecting air traffic control centers, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
“The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers. FAA technicians are investigating the issue. We will provide immediate updates as we have them,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
US Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin confirmed that the order to suspend takeoffs at airports across the country was not in response to any terrorist attack and was due to a telecommunications outage.
The US air traffic control system has long struggled with outdated infrastructure.
The United States has the busiest airspace in the world. The FAA manages over 45,000 flights per day and serves approximately 2.9 million airline passengers.
Friday’s incident marks the third blanket suspension of takeoffs in the United States since 2000; the first occurred after the 9/11 attacks, and the second took place in Jan. 2023 due to a failure in the pilot warning system. EFE
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