JFK, LGA Airports impacted by FAA ground stop of all flights across U.S. due to unknown communication issue

Citing extraordinary circumstances, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a nationwide ground stop of all departing flights in the United States "for reasons of safety," including all flights at JFK and LaGuardia Airports. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on social media that the agency issued the ground stop for all US airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers. FAA technicians are investigating the issue, Duffy added in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has since stated that the ground stop appears to be the result of a telecommunications outage and "not a nefarious attack." "There was no indication as of yet that this was a nefarious attack against us. It’s just a telecommunication outage as of right now," Mullin told reporters outside the White House. "Everybody’s safe.

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