Flights grounded across the U.S. — HRO included

On Friday, Nov. 13, across the U.S., the FAA ordered all U.S. airports to hold departing flights due to a communication failure affecting air traffic control systems. The telecommunications outage has affected all 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers across the country. Locally, Boone County Regional Airport Manager Judy McCutcheon said that the Southern Airways flight scheduled for Dallas is delayed by one hour and is awaiting further word on when, or if, they can depart tonight. She added that as of 4:30 p.m. on Friday, the only information she’d received was that the ATC has a complete outage of radar and communications. Some news outlets have reported the issue may be related to an L3 Harris telecommunications software update. Earlier, the Associated Press reported that the ground stop would remain in effect until at least 11 p.m. Eastern. It has been reported that some East Coast international flights have been allowed to depart.

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