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  "id": 19869042,
  "title": "Flights grounded across US due to ‘extraordinary circumstances’, FAA says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/flights-grounded-across-us-due-to-extraordinary-circumstances-faa-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T21:33:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3374411/flights-stopped-across-us-due-extraordinary-circumstances-faa-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide on Friday afternoon. The FAA notice said the ground stop was being imposed “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety”. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy later said that it was due to a communication issue affecting all air route traffic control centres. This is the first nationwide ground stop since…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "U.S. aviation agency grounds all departing flights due to 'safety reasons'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/u-s-aviation-agency-grounds-all-departing-flights-due-to-safety",
        "published": "2026-11-13T21:26:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Flights halted at airports across US due to ATC communications problems: FAA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/flights-halted-at-airports-across-us-due-to-atc-communications",
        "published": "2026-11-13T21:34:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "US FAA grounds all departing flights due to extraordinary circumstance, safety reasons",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/us-faa-grounds-all-departing-flights-due-to-extraordinary",
        "published": "2026-11-13T21:56:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "US grounds all departing flights due to ‘extraordinary circumstance, safety reasons’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/us-grounds-all-departing-flights-due-to-extraordinary-circumstance",
        "published": "2026-11-13T22:10:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "US grounds all departing flights due to ‘extraordinary circumstance, safety reasons’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/us-grounds-all-departing-flights-due-to-extraordinary-circumstance-19873144",
        "published": "2026-11-13T22:10:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}