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FAA Orders Nationwide Ground Stop Due to Communication Issue
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In Short: The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a nationwide ground stop on all departing flights due to a communication issue affecting air traffic control.
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a nationwide ground stop on Friday for all airports due to a communication issue affecting air traffic control centers.
Air Route Traffic Control Centers are responsible for all flights above 18,000 feet, and the FAA stated that the ground stop was due to an extraordinary circumstance and for reasons of safety.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in an X statement that the ground stop was due to a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers.
The FAA issued a ground stop at both Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports earlier in the afternoon due to equipment outage.
According to flight tracking site FlightRadar24, there were about 3,100 airborne aircraft bound for U.S. Airports when the ground stop began.
The FAA said the stop would remain in place until further notice, and all departing traffic should remain ground stopped.
FAA technicians are investigating the issue, and it is just a telecommunications outage as of now.
The FAA said all airborne flights were being dealt with on a case-by-case basis, and everyone currently on a plane is safe and will be brought to the ground in a safe manner.
What this adds
This is the second time since September 11, 2001, that the FAA has ordered a nationwide ground stop.
What's confirmed
- The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a nationwide ground stop Friday for all airports due to a communication issue affecting air traffic control.
- This is the second time since Sept. 11, 2001, that the FAA has ordered a nationwide ground stop.
- "due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety."
- "FAA technicians are investigating the issue," he said in an X post.
- Shortly after the stop was issued, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in an X statement that it was "due a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers."
- Earlier in the afternoon, the FAA issued a ground stop at both Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports due to equipment outage.
- Attention all aircraft operators, by order of the Federal Aviation Command Center all airports are ground stopped.
- All departing traffic should remain ground stopped until further notice.
- The @FAAnews issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers.
- "This was a telecommunications outage throughout FAA," he said.
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