{
  "id": 19920652,
  "title": "US says airspace now ‘opened up’ after grounding all flights for hours, sparking travel chaos",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/us-says-airspace-now-opened-up-after-grounding-all-flights-for-hours",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T04:51:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2044466/us-says-airspace-now-opened-up-after-grounding-all-flights-for-hours-sparking-travel-chaos"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US government announced the grounding of all flights for several hours on Saturday due to a major communications outage caused by outdated technology, sparking travel chaos across the country. Hundreds of thousands of passengers were left stranded, with some passengers being pulled off planes moments before departure. The incident marked only the second time such an alert had been issued in US airspace since the 9/11 attacks. The grounding was lifted after around four hours, with Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy attributing the issue to outdated systems and requesting $30.1 billion in funds for upgrading the US Air Traffic Control System.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}