US grounds all departing flights over air traffic control glitch
US air regulators have issued a rare nationwide ground stop for all departing flights, citing a communications problem affecting air traffic control towers Read More: https://punchng.com/us-grounds-all-departing-flights-over-air-traffic-control-glitch/
US air regulators issued a rare nationwide ground stop for all departing flights on Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration reported that the order followed a communications issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers, a move that New Straits Times notes caused immediate confusion for travelers.
FAA technicians are investigating the communication problem affecting air traffic control towers. While the agency has issued similar orders for individual airlines in recent years that typically last two hours or less, systemwide nationwide groundings are significantly less common. According to New Straits Times, the FAA previously called a nationwide ground stop in January 2023 due to problems with the Notice to Air Missions system.
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Also reported by 4 other outlets
- US grounds all departing flights over air traffic control glitch punchng.com
- U.S. grounds flights nationwide after air traffic control communication outage globalnews.ca
- FAA grounds all flights at U.S. airports due to air traffic control communications problems pbs.org
- Flights grounded across U.S. due to outage affecting air traffic control, FAA says cbc.ca
