Nationwide FAA ground stop: nearly 11,000 flights delayed or canceled at airports across the US
The Guardian reports on a nationwide FAA ground stop that per FlightAware delayed or canceled more than 11,000 US flights on Friday, only the third time all US departures have been grounded, after 11 September 2001 and a January 2023 outage. Sean Duffy blamed "a communication issue", Markwayne Mullin said there was no indication of a "nefarious attack", CNN reported router malfunctions believed to have originated at Chicago Midway, and the FAA and White House asked Congress for $30.1bn.
