What to know about flights after the US nationwide ground stop
An Associated Press article on newsnationnow.com explains what passengers need to know after a US nationwide ground stop, which officials called the longest flight stoppage in 25 years, lasting more than four hours and ending Friday around 8:15 p.m. ET. The FAA traced the failure to excess data flooding air traffic control after a wiring swap in Arkansas, officials expected schedules to recover before Thanksgiving, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pressed Congress for $30 billion more to modernize the system.
