{
  "id": 19913407,
  "title": "US flight outage live updates: FAA lifts nationwide ground stop as airport chaos continues in US and beyond",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/us-flight-outage-live-updates-faa-lifts-nationwide-ground-stop-as",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-14T03:44:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/nov/13/us-flight-outage-live-updates-faa-lifts-nationwide-ground-stop-as-airport-chaos-continues"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Friday, a major systems failure caused the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue a nationwide ground stop, halting all air travel in the United States for over four hours. The cause of the telecommunications outage, which began in Chicago, remains unclear. This is only the second nationwide ground stop since the 9/11 attacks.\n\nThe FAA lifted the ground stop on Friday evening, allowing airlines to resume operations and attempt to recover from the disruption. American Airlines stated that it would operate as many flights as possible on Friday night and aim for a strong recovery in the days ahead.\n\nEuropean airports are also experiencing flight cancellations and delays due to the FAA's notice to suspend all US-bound departures from European airports until 5am UTC on Saturday. This notice was issued at the request of the US Federal Aviation Administration.\n\nSeveral European cities, including Dublin, Copenhagen, London, Milan, Paris, and Rome, have seen planes bound for Europe departing from US airports such as Boston, New York, and Washington in the past two hours.\n\nIn Australia, a Guardian Australia reporter is currently aboard a plane at Sydney Airport, waiting to fly to the US. The plane has been held on the tarmac for up to three hours due to the FAA's concerns over landing planes once they reached the US. The reporter notes that the incident is causing significant disruption for thousands of air travelers both in the US and globally.\n\nThe FAA has advised customers to check the status of their flights through the airline's app or website. While Donald Trump did not make any public statements during the crisis, his transportation and homeland security secretaries, Sean Duffy and Markwayne Mullin, suggested that the outage was caused by older technology becoming overwhelmed with data after new technology was introduced by the FAA. However, they both emphasized that there is \"zero evidence\" that this was a cyber-attack.",
  "summary": "Sean Duffy, Trump’s transportation secretary, acknowledges tech failure led federal aviation officials to shut down system and ground flights, though details are scarce US aviation agency lifts nationwide ground stop affecting all air travel Chaos at US airports as flight stoppage grinds travel plans to a halt Sign up for the Breaking News US email All US-bound departures from European airports…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "FAA issues ground stop for all US airports due to 'extraordinary circumstances'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/faa-issues-ground-stop-for-all-us-airports-due-to-extraordinary",
        "published": "2026-11-13T21:43:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "FAA issues rare nationwide ground stop",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/faa-issues-rare-nationwide-ground-stop",
        "published": "2026-11-13T22:52:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "College football games could be derailed by the FAA ground stop",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/college-football-games-could-be-derailed-by-the-faa-ground-stop",
        "published": "2026-11-14T01:44:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "FAA flight ground stop disrupts sports travel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/faa-flight-ground-stop-disrupts-sports-travel",
        "published": "2026-11-14T02:59:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}