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What caused the national ground stop? Here is what we know
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For more than four hours, a ground stop of virtually all aircraft in the United States brought unprecedented chaos and delays that are expected to last days. Here is what we know about what went wrong.
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A nationwide FAA ground stop on Friday, which the FAA said was caused by a telecommunications outage, was later lifted. Air Space Intelligence denied that its SMART tool was linked to the ground stop, The Hill reported. The grounding disrupted travel plans for college and NFL teams, including Texas, Arizona State and Ole Miss.
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- Yahoo SportsRice-Tulane football game moved to 3:30 p.m. because of travel issues caused by FAA ground stopTulane was originally going to fly to Houston but had to switch to coming by bus after the FAA ground stop of air traffic.
- Los Angeles Times(subscription required)What caused the national ground stop? Here is what we knowFor more than four hours, a ground stop of virtually all aircraft in the United States brought unprecedented chaos and delays that are expected to last days. Here is what we know about what went wrong.
- Wired(subscription required)The FAA Nationwide Ground Stop Is OverThe five-hour ordeal ended Friday evening. Planes will be allowed to fly again, but the effects of the stoppage will be felt throughout the weekend.
- 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.
- MashableFAA ground stop updates: Heres what we knowHere's what we know about the unexpected nationwide ground stoppage ordered by the FAA on Friday.
- NPRWhat we know about the FAA nationwide ground stopThe Federal Aviation Administration took an extraordinary step Friday afternoon by issuing a nationwide ground stop. No planes are taking off at any airport and millions of passengers are stranded.
- TechmemeThe FAA lifts its over four-hour nationwide ground stop for US airports caused by "communication issues affecting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers" (Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios)
- NY PostHere’s what to know about the Microsoft outages — and what may have caused themMicrosoft said it is seeing progress in North America as the tech giant works to resolve one of the biggest service outages in recent history.