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Week 11 SEC Football Game Rescheduled Owing to Airport Ground Stop
Auburn’s trip to Starkville was supposed to be a noon game. Then the FAA stopped every departing flight in the country on Friday afternoon, and the SEC pushed the kickoff back more than four hours. Teams from Knoxville to Seattle spent Friday night on tarmacs, on buses, or back at their own facilities. Week 11
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- EssentiallySportsWeek 11 SEC Football Game Rescheduled Owing to Airport Ground StopAuburn’s trip to Starkville was supposed to be a noon game. Then the FAA stopped every departing flight in the country on Friday afternoon, and the SEC pushed the kickoff back more than four hours. Teams from Knoxville to Seattle spent Friday night on tarmacs, on buses, or back at their own facilities. Week 11
- ForbesNationwide 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.
- 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.
- Business Insider(subscription required)College football games could be derailed by the FAA ground stopSome college football games are up in the air this weekend after the FAA's nationwide ground stop prevented teams from flying.
- Yahoo SportsSEC issues statement on all flights grounded, door open to rescheduling football gamesThe SEC issued a statement hours after the FAA issued a ground stoppage for all flights, impacting college football travel.
- 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.
- Hacker NewsAll US airports are currently ground stopped