USA: "Communication Problem" - Nationwide Launch Ban in the US Lifted After Four Hours
While the chaos at US airports is slowly subsiding, the search for the cause of the disruption continues. The massive failure comes just days after the introduction of a new AI system.
A nationwide flight ban in the US was lifted after about four hours. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had halted flights across the US on Friday evening, citing "exceptional circumstances" and safety concerns. US officials, including Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, later attributed the outage to an outdated air safety system and overloaded routers.
The issue also affected flights from Europe to the US, with Eurocontrol reporting that no planes would depart. Technicians from the FAA were investigating the problem.
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