"All ​departing traffic should remain groundstopped until further notice," the US Federal Aviation Administration said. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said technicians are investigating the issue.

The US Federal Aviation Administration has lifted a nationwide ground stop after a communications failure at air traffic control centres triggered the longest nationwide shutdown since the 11 September 2001, attacks.

The US federal aviation regulator has lifted a nationwide ground stop for all airports. Trump administration officials blame "overloaded" and "outdated" systems for the hourslong halt to departures.

The rare nationwide ground stop order that sparked travel chaos was issued due to a communications problem affecting US air traffic control towers.

FAA issues a nationwide ground stop for all flights in the United States.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the issue is affecting the 22 regional air traffic control centers that direct planes en route between airports nationwide.

Longtime Slashdot readers cold fjord and sinij share news that the FAA grounded flights nationwide after a communications failure disrupted air traffic control centers across the country. By Friday evening, the outage had resulted in nearly 5,000 flight cancellations and roughly 10,000 delays, with ...

The US flight authority on Friday halted flights across the nation due to what US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said was a communication issue affecting the country's air traffic control centres.

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