{
  "id": 20141835,
  "title": "US air travel disruptions to persist until late on Sunday, aviation body head says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/us-air-travel-disruptions-to-persist-until-late-on-sunday-aviation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T08:00:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2044632/us-air-travel-disruptions-to-persist-until-late-on-sunday-aviation-body-head-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. air travel is not anticipated to resume regular schedules until late on Sunday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief, Bryan Bedford. The aviation system is slowly recovering from a nationwide flight shutdown caused by a routine maintenance issue, which officials attribute to a mistake in installing a new router at a remote facility. As of Saturday evening, airlines had cancelled over 6,400 US flights and delayed more than 8,000. This follows about 9,200 flights cancelled and 7,500 delayed on Friday due to the FAA ordering a nationwide ground stop. FlightAware reported that 875 flights scheduled for Sunday were already cancelled. The FAA head expressed regret for the disruption and predicted airline operations would largely return to normal by the end of Sunday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the incident was caused by at least one new router installed by L3Harris, a contractor. The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists union, representing FAA safety employees, stated the issue was isolated to two routers updated on Friday. L3Harris affirmed its commitment to supporting the FAA in its investigation. The grounding resulted from an instability in radar and communications systems at 17 of the FAA's 22 en route centres, with over 1,000 connection attempts every four to five seconds causing data overloads and disruption to communications.",
  "summary": "US air travel is not expected to return to normal schedules until late on Sunday, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said, as the aviation system gradually recovers from a nationwide flight shutdown that officials blamed on routine maintenance gone awry. As of 9:35 pm Saturday ET (7:35 am Sunday PKT), airlines had cancelled more than 6,400 US flights and delayed more than…",
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      }
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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."
}