Stephen King Claims 'The Aliens Have Landed' During FAA Ground Stop as Sean Duffy Blames Old System
King joked about aliens as the FAA said a telecommunications outage caused a nationwide ground stop that was lifted after a few hours.
- On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration implemented a nationwide ground stop across the United States, citing a "temporary telecommunications outage" that halted air travel for several hours.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Representative Markwayne Mullin attributed the disruption to aging infrastructure, rejecting claims that a cyberattack or Microsoft outage caused the incident.
- Author Stephen King posted speculation on social media that extraterrestrials caused the disruption, claiming "The alien mothership is here," though his assertions contained no evidence.
- An unnamed source blamed the AI-supported FAA platform SMART for the outage; however, Duffy denied the system's involvement while officials requested $50 billion from Congress to modernize aging equipment.
- The incident underscores vulnerabilities in Air Route Traffic Control Centers' aging infrastructure, while the FAA maintains the disruption stemmed from technical limitations in existing telecommunications systems.
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