Copper wire replacement caused air traffic control issue that grounded flights across U.S.: White House
- On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded planes for over four hours—the longest nationwide ground stop in 25 years—after new technology overloaded antiquated air traffic control equipment, causing "intermittent" communications and radar gaps.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said a contractor replacing copper wires with fiber optic lines caused the system overload; he and the White House are pushing for $30 billion more to complete critical infrastructure upgrades.
- The stoppage affected about a quarter of 45,000 daily U.S. flights, with more than 4,100 cancellations. Aviation consultant Andrew Charlton said the "knock-on effect" of the disruption is incredible.
- FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said Saturday that U.S. air travel should be fully recovered by the end of tomorrow, though flights will still experience delays and cancellations throughout the day.
- Modernizing active aviation systems is "incredibly complex and dangerous," aviation consultant Andrew Charlton warned, as officials investigate potential contractor "incompetence" while aging equipment remains a long-term concern.
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Shutdown blamed on router
WASHINGTON – A massive, nearly five-hour shutdown of the US aviation system that has disrupted more than 20,000 flights since Friday may have been the fault of a single router installed by government contractor L3Harris, government officials said Saturday.
The U.S. authorities announced this Saturday that the replacement of the old copper wire with fiber optics in the air telecommunications systems caused the total suspension of take-off on the eve, which continues to cause chaos at airports. The four hours that lasted the unusual measure, applied only three times this century, continued
The change of telecommunications cables collapses American airports and the Department of Transportation dismisses a cyber attack.
EXPOSED: Sec. Duffy Points Finger at Federal Contractor L3Harris in FAA Outage
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a botched copper-to-fiber upgrade by longtime FAA contractor L3Harris may have triggered the router failure that grounded flights nationwide. The company says it's cooperating with the investigation.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Ji-heon = The air traffic control communication system failure that led to a complete suspension of aircraft takeoffs across the United States on the 13th (local time) was U.S. ...
A breakdown during modernization work left thousands of passengers stranded and forced to investigate a possible technical error, while airlines relaxed changes
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