Flights halted at airports across US due to air traffic control communications problems, FAA says

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide Friday afternoon because of communications problems at regional air traffic control centers.. The FAA notice said the ground stop was being imposed "due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety."Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there is a communications issue affecting the 22 regional air traffic control centers that direct planes en route between airports nationwide. He said FAA technicians are investigating. This is the first nationwide ground stop since January 2023 when a key FAA computer system malfunctioned. Before that the last time had been after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. kAm%96 8@G6C?>6?E 92D 366? H@C<:?8 E@ @G6C92F= E96 @FE52E65 E649?@=@8J E92E 2:C EC277:4 4@?EC@==6CD C6=J @? D:?46 r@?8C6DD 2AAC@G65 S`a]d 3:==:@? 7@C E96 AC@;64E =2DE J62C] |:=6D @7 @=5 4@AA6C H:C6D 92G6 366?

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