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Wire-repair risks were flagged before nationwide flight ground stop
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- Yahoo News changed its headline 2h ago. It first read: “FAA was warned for years about repair risks leading to nationwide flight chaos”
Federal aviation officials were repeatedly warned that the push to rapidly modernize the nation's air traffic control system risked breaking it, with the potential dangers spelled out in government reports in the months and years leading up to Friday's nationwide ground stop that halted flights for nearly 4½ hours coast to coast.A government watchdog report in September cautioned that the way the old, legacy systems were being replaced could result in disruptions - including ground stops.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington…
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- Los Angeles Times(subscription required)What to know about flights after the U.S. nationwide ground stopU.S. air travel operations are still recovering after the nationwide ground stop.
- APWhat to know about flights after the US nationwide ground stop
- Yahoo NewsWire-repair risks were flagged before nationwide flight ground stopFederal aviation officials were repeatedly warned that the push to rapidly modernize the nation's air traffic control system risked breaking it, with the potential dangers spelled out in government reports in the months and years leading up to Friday's nationwide ground stop that halted flights for nearly 4½ hours coast to coast.A government watchdog report in September cautioned that the way the old, legacy systems were being replaced could result in disruptions - including ground stops.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington…
- New York Times(subscription required)How Some Flights Were Exempt From the Ground StopDozens of international flights departed from the United States during Friday’s nationwide ground stop. Some planes also left for Hawaii from the West Coast.
- CNNWhat we know about the cause of the nationwide FAA ground stop
- PBS NewsHourWhat to know about flights after the U.S. nationwide ground stopThe longest flight stoppage in 25 years ended around 8:15 p.m. ET Friday, allowing some domestic flights to take off from U.S. airports. Officials expected a full recovery by Sunday.
- The Hill3,000+ flights canceled after FAA’s ground stopU.S. air traffic is slowly returning to normal after a nationwide ground stop Friday halted flights and left thousands canceled and delayed. As of Saturday morning, nearly 2,000 flights within, into or out of the U.S. are delayed, and nearly 3,800 have been canceled, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. FlightAware shows Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International…