The US Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide on Friday afternoon.
The FAA notice said the ground stop was being imposed “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety”.
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy later said that it was due to a communication issue affecting all air route traffic control centres.
This is the first nationwide ground stop since January 2023, when a key FAA computer system malfunctioned.
Before that, the last time had been…
Flights grounded across US due to ‘extraordinary circumstances’, FAA says
