{
  "id": 20070324,
  "title": "US Air travel issues to persist well into Sunday, with thousands of flights affected",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/us-air-travel-issues-to-persist-well-into-sunday-with-thousands-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T22:51:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/11/15/us-air-travel-issues-to-persist-well-into-sunday-with-thousands-of-flights-affected"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The disruption to US air travel is expected to persist well into Sunday, with thousands of flights affected, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA head, Bryan Bedford, predicted that airline operations would largely return to normal by late Sunday, but the issue began on Friday afternoon when air traffic control centers experienced instability in radar and communications systems. The root cause of the problem was traced to L3Harris, an FAA contractor, installing at least one new router at a remote facility, causing data overloading of other communications centers and affecting radar. Airlines such as Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and American Airlines canceled about 25% of their flights on Saturday, while JetBlue canceled nearly 45%.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Air travel issues to persist well into Sunday, officials say, with thousands of flights affected",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/air-travel-issues-to-persist-well-into-sunday-officials-say-with",
        "published": "2026-11-14T22:52:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}