A CBS News article reports that airspace was slowly returning to normal on Saturday, November 14, 2026, after the FAA's first nationwide ground stop since January 2023 canceled thousands of flights and stranded travelers; the stop, issued Friday at 3:36 p.m. EST while about 3,500 planes were airborne, was lifted around 8:20 p.m. and all aircraft landed safely. Officials attribute the outage to aging infrastructure — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says an L3Harris contractor's router replacement flooded the system — and FlightAware reports roughly 9,159 Friday cancellations, with more delays expected through the weekend.