The five-hour ordeal ended Friday evening. Planes will be allowed to fly again, but the effects of the stoppage will be felt throughout the weekend.

"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.

Flag carrier Philippine Airlines is monitoring its flights to and from the United States after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted a nationwide ground stop that disrupted air travel for several hours on Friday.

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 Trump administration officials blame "overloaded" and "outdated" systems for the hourslong halt to departures.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, issued due to a communications problem affecting US air traffic control towers, caused chaos at airports and triggered the longest shutdown since the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

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.

U.S. air traffic was brought to a standstill Friday after the FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop for departing flights that lasted more than five hours.

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 ...

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 rare nationwide ground stop lasted about five hours Friday. Sources told CBS News an update to the network connecting the air traffic control system caused a reboot, crash and outage.

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.

The rare nationwide ground stop lasted about five hours Friday. Sources told CBS News an update to the network connecting the air traffic control system caused a reboot, crash and outage.

The rare nationwide ground stop lasted about five hours Friday. Sources told CBS News an update to the network connecting the air traffic control system caused a reboot, crash and outage.

Welcome to our rolling coverage of the United States nationwide flights ground stop.