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The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the ground stop affecting air traffic control centers, citing safety amid a temporary telecommunications outage—the second such event since 9/11. Officials including Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirmed no signs of foul play, with planes in the air allowed to land and international arrivals handled individually. Thousands of flights now face delays or cancellations, while a separate tanker collision on the Mississippi River in New Orleans injured 32 non-critically but saw all passengers accounted for safely.
Secretary Sean Duffy@SecDuffy
The @FAAnews issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers. FAA technicians are investigating the issue. We will provide immediate updates as we have them.
The FAA ✈️@FAANews
There has been a temporary telecommunications outage - out of an abundance of caution all flights have been halted. Every flight has been accounted for and international flights will be handled on a case by case basis.
Pop Base@PopBase
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says the FAA’s order to ground all U.S. flights is due to a “telecommunications outage.” “This isn’t another 9/11”