Duffy Denies FAA AI Tool Caused Nationwide Ground Stop

First reported by Gizmodo at Thu 7:12 PM · 18 outlets in all

1. The Defiant4hDuffy Denies FAA AI Tool Caused Nationwide Ground StopThe FAA announced SMART’s expansion to airspace covered by 22 centers on Nov. 10. Duffy blamed overloaded legacy telecom equipment for Friday’s halt.
2. NY Post4hSean Duffy urges college football teams to reach out to FAA as schools scramble to travel after nationwide ground stop
3. New York Times(subscription required)7hWhat to Know About Friday’s Nationwide Ground StopThe air traffic control system’s overloaded, antiquated telecommunications equipment sustained its latest widespread failure, prompting a call for more money to fuel faster upgrades.
4. CNN7hNationwide ground stop lifted. So, now what?
5. The Hill7hAI company behind FAA’s SMART tool denies link to ground stop, Duffy confirmsAir Space Intelligence (ASI), the company behind a recently deployed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) AI tool, denied any link to the nationwide ground stop issued Friday afternoon. “The current ground stop is not based on or a result of the SMART system, any product of ASI or our integration with FAA and ATC,” the company…
6. Los Angeles Times(subscription required)8hWhat 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.
7. Forbes9hNationwide Ground Stop At Airports Lifted, FAA SaysTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the ground stop was ordered following a "communication issue” impacting all air traffic control centers.
8. The Atlantic(subscription required)9hScenes From the Nationwide Ground StopSome 1.5 million people experienced travel disruption on Friday.
9. Wired(subscription required)10hThe 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.
10. Yahoo News10hFAA says nationwide ground stop is over after thousands of flights cancelled
11. Mashable10hFAA nationwide ground stop: Why it happened, according to officialsCommunication outage cause by outdated systems and network updates, not the FAA's new SMART AI tool.
12. Yahoo Sports11hTexas football stuck in Austin after FAA nationwide ground stopTexas football has one ranked opponent remaining on its schedule, but there is no telling when the team will arrive for that matchup. The Longhorns boarded the airplane for their trip to Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Friday afternoon, but because of a nationwide ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, they are stuck in Austin for the
13. The Register13hAll US flights grounded by FAASafety reasons and unspecified communications issue cited
14. NPR13hWhat 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.
15. Techmeme14hThe 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)
16. Gizmodo14hNationwide FAA Ground Stop Is Over, Sean Duffy Says: ‘I Didn’t Anticipate That We Would Have An Outage Like This’Duffy warned more disruptions would be likely if more funds for FAA upgrades don't come through.
17. Hacker News14hFAA ends hours-long nationwide ground stopThe FAA lifted its nationwide ground stop Friday night after hours of chaos and thousands of delays and cancellations.Why it matters: The effects of the rare and extreme move will likely ripple through the weekend, with travelers stranded and airlines' planes and crews out of position.Driving the news: In a Friday evening press conference, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the ground stop was issued after outdated air traffic control communications equipment suffered from "overloaded data, and they went down."Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin added that officials are looking…
18. Washington Examiner14hFAA imposes nationwide ground stop on all flightsThe Federal Aviation Administration halted all flight departures nationwide Friday afternoon due to a “rolling frequency outage” affecting facilities that monitor planes in the air. The cause remained unclear Friday, and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Friday evening that investigators were looking into it, but suggested that a telecommunications issue caused the disruption. AIR