{
  "id": 19922337,
  "title": "What we know about the longest US nationwide flight ground stop since 9/11",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/what-we-know-about-the-longest-us-nationwide-flight-ground-stop-since-19922337",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T04:22:45.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/what-we-know-about-the-longest-us-nationwide-flight-ground-stop-since-9-11/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently lifted the longest nationwide flight ground stop since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This stoppage, which lasted over four hours, was due to a communication issue affecting all air traffic control centers. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated there was no indication of an attack and that everyone was safe. Over 8,500 flights were delayed, and nearly 8,000 were cancelled on Friday, according to FlightAware. The ground stop affected more than 3,500 airplanes in the air at the time, with some being diverted to other airports or continuing to their destinations. International flights from Eurocontrol member states were also suspended due to technical issues. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy mentioned that the outage would have a ripple effect for a few days, causing thousands of people to be stranded in airports without knowing where they would sleep. The cause of the ground stop was identified as an overloaded legacy air traffic control communications system, which the FAA estimated would require a $50 billion overhaul.",
  "summary": "The US Federal Aviation Administration has lifted the longest nationwide ground stop of flights since the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. The FAA said Friday’s stoppage, which lasted more than four hours, was “due to extraordinary circumstances” from a communication issue affecting all air traffic control centres. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was [...] The post…",
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        "published": "2026-11-14T02:46:53.000Z"
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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."
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