{
  "id": 20089377,
  "title": "FAA blames ground stop on faulty copper wiring",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/faa-blames-ground-stop-on-faulty-copper-wiring-20089377",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-13T22:42:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register",
    "slug": "the-register",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/11/13/faa-blames-ground-stop-on-faulty-copper-wiring/5309912"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The US Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop on Friday, halting flights in American airspace for approximately five hours. This resulted in a chaotic situation for travelers and airports, with thousands of flights canceled or delayed. Transportation Secretary Duffy later attributed the ground stop to problems with copper wiring during an L3Harris network upgrade. L3Harris, the company responsible for modernizing the communications infrastructure, stated that they had completed over 70% of the planned conversion from legacy copper wires to a fiber optic system. They are cooperating with the FAA in their investigation to determine the exact cause of the ground stop.",
  "summary": "Safety reasons and unspecified communications issue cited",
  "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."
}