# Flights are halted across America. College basketball teams are in limbo > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/3749619 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 3 outlets covering · First listed: Yahoo Sports, Nov 13, 2026, 5:59 PM · Read it: Flight chaos strikes in college basketball. Teams are stuck AI summary (may contain mistakes): 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. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 13, 2026, 5:02 PM: [FAA Halts all Flights Affecting College Football Teams, How it Affects Duke at No. 7 Miami]() — Sports Illustrated (Sports, United States) The FAA issued the ground stop at 3:54 p.m. ET due to a communication issue. Some college football teams were affected, but luckily, the Duke Blue Devils made it safely to South Florida and will play the Hurricanes as scheduled. - Nov 13, 2026, 5:59 PM: [Flights are halted across America. College basketball teams are in limbo]() — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States) Flight chaos strikes in college basketball. Teams are stuck - Nov 13, 2026, 6:08 PM: [Multiple college football teams in flight limbo due to FAA ground stop]() — The Hill (Newspaper, United States, rated Center) The nationwide ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration Friday afternoon has impacted travel plans for college football teams scheduled to fly to their destinations. Among teams impacted are four schools in the NCAA’s Big 12 Conference, Baylor University, Kansas State University, University of Utah and Arizona State University; three in the Big Ten…