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Nationwide ground stop roils air travel, leaves passengers stranded at airports

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  • 3 more outlets picked it up in the last 3 hours, most recently Yahoo Sports, Mashable, Sports Illustrated.
  • Los Angeles Times changed its headline 51m ago. It first read: “FAA issues nationwide ground stop due to 'extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety'”

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop Friday for all flights in the United States, according to an advisory from the agency.

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The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop for departing flights, citing a communications outage and “extraordinary circumstances.” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said it was due to a “telecommunications outage” and there was no indication of a “nefarious” act, ABC News reported; TechRadar said officials could not yet rule out a cyberattack. ABC News reported 1,000 flights canceled, and MarketWatch reported more than 10,000 delayed.

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  1. Yahoo SportsNebraska provides travel update after nationwide ground stopThe Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for all flights in the United States on Friday, Nov. 13.
  2. New York Times(subscription required)A Nationwide Ground StopAlso, Russia lays out its hard-line demands. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
  3. MashableIs the nationwide ground stop related to the FAAs new air traffic AI?Shortly after the FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop, some on social media suggested it could have been caused by the administration's new AI system.
  4. Sports IllustratedFAA Nationwide Ground Stop Strands Tennessee, Texas Ahead of Week 11 GamesAn FAA nationwide ground stop grounded Tennessee, Texas, Ole Miss and Washington before Week 11 college football games. Here’s which teams are stuck and which landed.
  5. NPRFAA issues nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airportsThe FAA has issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a "communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers," according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
  6. CBS NewsFAA issues nationwide ground stop, stranding thousandsThe FAA on Friday issued a rare nationwide ground stop. Sources told CBS News an update to the network connecting the air traffic control system caused a reboot, crash and outage.
  7. Los Angeles Times(subscription required)Nationwide ground stop roils air travel, leaves passengers stranded at airportsThe Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop Friday for all flights in the United States, according to an advisory from the agency.
  8. The HillFAA orders nationwide ground stopThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. flights, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed Friday. “The @FAANews [FAA] issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers,” Duffy wrote on the social platform X. “FAA technicians are investigating the…
  9. NBC NewsGround stop ordered for all airports nationwide for ‘reasons of safety’Much of the air traffic across the U.S. was suddenly shut down Friday after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a nationwide ground stop for all departing flights “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety.”
  10. Hacker NewsAll US airports are currently ground stopped