Tennessee Football Plane Grounded by FAA Stoppage Ahead of Texas A&M Game
The shutdown caused more than 1,000 cancellations and nearly 10,000 delays, according to FlightAware, as federal officials investigated the outage.
- On Friday, a nationwide Federal Aviation Administration ground stop stranded the Tennessee football team in Knoxville, preventing their scheduled departure to College Station for the game against the Aggies.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed the nationwide ground stop stemmed from a communication issue affecting Air Route Traffic Control Centers. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin noted no indication of a cyberattack.
- The Volunteers spent over two hours on their aircraft at McGhee Tyson Airport before returning to their facility for dinner. The team remains in Knoxville while awaiting further travel updates.
- Despite the travel delay, the kickoff at Kyle Field remains listed for 2 p.m. local time on ESPN. Officials have not yet announced any changes to the scheduled game time.
- The widespread disruption affected thousands of flights, including those carrying numerous other college football programs. This marks only the second nationwide ground stop since the 2001 attacks.
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College football flight chaos ensues after rare nationwide FAA ground stop
The FAA’s nationwide ground stop is throwing a wrench into Saturday’s college football action. With no flights permitted to take off for the time being due to a telecommunications outage, several teams across the country were left stranded, having yet to depart for their respective road games.
Nationwide FAA ground stop strands Tennessee football team ahead of Texas A&M game
A nationwide ground stop ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday afternoon disrupted thousands of flights across the country, leaving the University of Tennessee football team stranded in Knoxville […]
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WTVCNationwide FAA ground stop hits Tennessee football travel to Texas A&M
A nationwide ground stop on all U.S. airline flights is disrupting the Tennessee football team’s travel plans to Texas ahead of Saturday’s game.A university spokesperson told 6 News just before 5 p.m. that the team
FAA Ground Stop Grounds Texas Longhorns, Leaves Aggies Waiting on Tennessee
AUSTIN, TX — A nationwide FAA ground stop issued Friday afternoon has grounded the Texas Longhorns and left the Texas A&M Aggies waiting to see whether their visiting opponent can reach College Station, disrupting travel for two of the state’s highest-profile college football programs less than 24 hours before kickoff. Learn More Here.
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