US nationwide flight ground stop: "Our routers got overloaded with data"
Source: France 24 — EnglishBy FRANCE24
On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a rare nationwide ground stop. More than 8,200 flights, or over 31% of those scheduled in the United States, were canceled. The ground stop lasted nearly five hours and was the longest in the country since September 11, 2001. Officials blamed outdated air traffic communications equipment, and said that there was no evidence of a cyber attack. The airspace is now…
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On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a rare nationwide ground stop. More than 8,200 flights, or over 31% of those scheduled in the United States, were canceled. The ground stop lasted nearly five hours and was the longest in the country since September 11, 2001. Officials blamed outdated air traffic communications equipment, and said that there was no evidence of a cyber attack. The airspace is now reopened and flights have resumed.
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a rare nationwide ground stop. The ground stop lasted nearly five hours and was the longest in the country since September 11, 2001.
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