Trump admin warns air travelers of another messy day
Airlines canceled more than 6,400 flights as officials said the outage stemmed from aging air traffic control equipment and recovery could take another day.
- On Sunday, U.S. air travel disruptions continued for a third day with more than 5,200 flights affected, as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted a return to normalcy by Monday following Friday's systemwide ground stop.
- The Federal Aviation Administration said the outage stemmed from maintenance work on 1980s copper lines, where a router replacement in Arkansas triggered a chain reaction overloading systems across the country.
- Tracking site FlightAware reported more than 20,000 flights were affected overall, with Sunday cancellations hitting 27% for JetBlue and 13% for American Airlines as carriers scrambled to reposition crews and aircraft.
- Representatives Rick Larsen and André Carson questioned Duffy's request for $50 billion in upgrades, noting that $11 billion of last year's $12.5 billion allocation remains unspent as of Saturday.
- President Donald Trump on Sunday blamed the Biden administration for the debacle, asserting that 'everything they touched turned bad,' and called for Congress to approve immediate funding for system upgrades.
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US air travel disruptions continue into third day
By David Shepardson and Helen Coster NEW YORK, Nov 15 (Reuters) – US air travel disruptions continued for a third day with more than 5,200 flights already affected on Sunday, but Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted a return to normalcy by Monday even as airlines scrambled to get back on schedule following a systemwide ground stop. More than 1,600 flights nationwide were canceled and almost 3,600 were delayed on Sunday, according to av…
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US flight disruptions: Trump admin says air travel chaos may last another day
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