Passengers Face Further Disruption as US Flights Slowly Resume After ...
Transportation officials blamed decades-old telecommunications equipment as nearly 6,000 flights were canceled and normal operations resumed after the outage.
- The Federal Aviation Administration reopened U.S. airspace Friday night after a four-hour ground stop that forced the cancellation of nearly 6,000 flights nationwide, according to FlightAware tracking data.
- Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy attributed the incident to a "legacy system problem" involving decades-old infrastructure; he had formally requested $30.1 billion from Congress on Thursday for air traffic control upgrades.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stressed there was "zero evidence that this was a cyberattack or attack," and the incident marks only the second national alert in U.S. airspace since the 9/11 attacks.
- At LaGuardia Airport, traveler Tiara Johnson told AFP she felt "very frustrated" after her plans to reach Orlando were disrupted; passengers thronged concourses seeking information about delays and cancellations.
- Duffy warned that resuming normal operations will require time, stating, "Our top priority is the safety of you and your family when you fly." Officials emphasized infrastructure modernization as essential to prevent future outages.
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FAA back at "full operations" after Friday outage, Transportation Sec. says
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Saturday that all FAA systems are back to "full operations" after an hours-long outage Friday evening that grounded all air traffic across the U.S. The big picture: Duffy reiterated his plea to Congress to fund upgrades to the nation's air traffic control equipment, explaining that proper upgrades could have prevented the ground stop. Driving the news: Duffy explained that the outage was caused when a con…
A switch from copper wire to fiber caused the communication failure that led to a total flight halt in the US on Friday. The fault has now been fixed. – We are back to full operation, says US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. But thousands of passengers are still affected.
"I want to thank the controllers, crews, airport authorities and passengers, who have been patient." (ANSA)
FAA outage update: Sean Duffy assures passengers ‘it is safe to fly’ as US flight operations slowly returning to normal
US flight operations resumed after technical problems disrupted FAA radar and communications systems, causing thousands of cancellations and delays.
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