US grounds domestic flights following nationwide air traffic communications failure
The US FAA grounded all domestic departures on Friday after a major telecommunications failure disrupted air traffic control communications nationwide.
The US Federal Aviation Administration ordered a ground stop for all domestic departures on Friday due to a major telecommunications failure affecting air traffic control centers nationwide. According to flight tracking data, nearly 7,000 flights were delayed or canceled as a result of the outage, which impacted communication systems across all 22 regional control centers.
Authorities initiated the rare nationwide measure to preserve safety while technicians investigated the cause of the disruption. The incident marks one of the most severe operational disruptions to American civil aviation in recent years, comparable only to the 2001 security shutdowns and a similar system-wide technical failure in early 2023.
Sources: Index, HRT Vijesti
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