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What Are Your Options, Rights After Friday's FAA Ground Stop?
More than 10,000 U.S. flights were delayed and over 5,000 canceled as airlines issued waivers and refund options for stranded passengers, FlightAware said.
- On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop, with the Air Traffic Control System Command Center implementing extended flight plan drop times of 240 minutes for all enroute centers due to a nationwide communications failure.
- The communications failure prompted the Air Traffic Control System Command Center to extend flight plan drop times, leaving travelers waiting aboard planes unsure how long they would remain stuck before takeoff or deplaning.
- During tarmac delays, airlines must provide passengers with food, water, and working toilets, and regulations require planes to reach a gate within 3 hours for domestic flights and 4 hours for international flights to allow safe deplaning.
- Major airlines including American Airlines, Delta, United, Frontier, and JetBlue advised passengers to check flight status before heading to airports, while Delta announced a travel waiver allowing customers to change flights without additional fees.
- U.S. airlines warned that flight disruptions could continue well beyond the ground stop, with American stating, "It will be all hands on deck across American to get customers on their way as soon as possible when the FAA lifts this nationwide ground stop.
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