The Latest: FAA lifts nationwide ground stop on flights that halted travel across the US

FILE - A Federal Aviation Administration logo is displayed in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 16, 2017. Seth Wenig - AP Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Federal Aviation Administration said airplane departures could resume Friday after the agency lifted a nationwide ground stop caused by communications problems.The FAA had grounded all flights nationwide Friday afternoon, causing hundreds of flights to be diverted. Officials cited “extraordinary circumstances” caused by communications problems at regional air traffic control centers.kAm%C2?DA@CE2E:@? $64C6E2CJ $62? sF77J D2:5 E92E @FE286D @7 E96 &]$] 2:C EC277:4 4@?EC@= DJDE6> H6C6 42FD65 3J 2? @G6C=@25 @7 2? @=5[ 2?2=@8 DJDE6>] $64C6E2CJ @7 w@>6=2?5 $64FC:EJ |2CAC@G6 E96 DJDE6>]k^Am kAmsF77J H2C?65 p>6C:42?D EC2G6=:?8 E92E 86EE:?8 A=2?6D 324< :?

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