FAA lifts nationwide ground stop after disruptions to Baylor flight training, football travel

By Elliott Nace | Assistant News Editor The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all departing flights nationwide Friday afternoon “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety” after air traffic control centers began to experience communication issues. The advisory, issued by the Air Traffic Control System Command Center at 2:54 p.m. CST, was lifted at approximately 7:30 p.m. CST. During a White House press briefing hosted by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Duffy said efforts are currently underway to resume flight operations. “We’re going to try to move as many of those as we can tonight, if we have the capacity with crews to move those flights,” Duffy said. “If not, we’re going to start tomorrow morning with our airline partners moving those aircraft, but it’s going to take us some time to unwind what’s happened this afternoon.” Mullin clarified that no attack has been launched against the U.S.

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