Work to replace old wire caused air traffic control issue that grounded flights: White House
Airlines canceled thousands of flights as officials blamed aging air traffic control equipment and said operations should return to normal by Sunday.
- On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded planes for over four hours—the longest nationwide ground stop in 25 years—after new technology overloaded antiquated air traffic control equipment, causing "intermittent" communications and radar gaps.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said a contractor replacing copper wires with fiber optic lines caused the system overload; he and the White House are pushing for $30 billion more to complete critical infrastructure upgrades.
- The stoppage affected about a quarter of 45,000 daily U.S. flights, with more than 4,100 cancellations. Aviation consultant Andrew Charlton said the "knock-on effect" of the disruption is incredible.
- FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said Saturday that U.S. air travel should be fully recovered by the end of tomorrow, though flights will still experience delays and cancellations throughout the day.
- Modernizing active aviation systems is "incredibly complex and dangerous," aviation consultant Andrew Charlton warned, as officials investigate potential contractor "incompetence" while aging equipment remains a long-term concern.
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After a historic flight chaos in the USA, airlines and airports continue to struggle with failures and delays. The cause was a technical fault – the exact source of error is still unclear.
A large-scale aircraft crash in the United States resulted from the replacement of copper cables with fibre optics, claimed the head of Mintrans Sean Duffy.
A technical failure, not a cyberattack, has grounded flights at all U.S. airports for more than four hours, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, after a glitch in the air traffic control system caused widespread delays and flight cancellations. Duffy said aging equipment was overloaded with data while working on a telecommunications line. Old copper cable was being replaced with fiber optic cable and a new router was being installed. It is …
Failures in communication systems caused suspension of flights in the United States; Sean Duffy dismisses a cyber attack.
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