{
  "id": 20022712,
  "title": "Transport chief blames US-wide flight disruptions on upgrade of old copper wiring",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/transport-chief-blames-us-wide-flight-disruptions-on-upgrade-of-old",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T18:26:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3374456/transport-chief-blames-us-wide-flight-disruptions-upgrade-old-copper-wiring"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Weary travellers braced for more flight disruptions on Saturday as service resumed from US airports after an hours-long stoppage that the Trump administration blamed on faulty equipment or an error by a contractor tasked with switching out old copper wire communication lines. Friday’s nationwide ground stop sparked widespread chaos and left hundreds of thousands of passengers in limbo, with some…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "US Transport Secretary asks Congress for $30 bn to upgrade aviation infrastructure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/us-transport-secretary-asks-congress-for-30-bn-to-upgrade-aviation",
        "published": "2026-11-14T16:32:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "US Transport chief says unclear if 'incompetence' or bad tech to blame for groundings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/us-transport-chief-says-unclear-if-incompetence-or-bad-tech-to-blame",
        "published": "2026-11-14T20:33:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}