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US probes nationwide flights stoppage as travel disruptions persist

US probes nationwide flights stoppage as travel disruptions persist

US air travel is expected to return to normal this Sunday, following a nationwide ground stop Friday night that stranded hundreds of thousands of passengers and disrupted travel worldwide. The Trump administration blamed the incident on a botched replacement of old copper wire communication lines and said there was no evidence this was a cyberattack. The ground stop now raises questions about the country's aging…

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US air travel is expected to return to normal this Sunday, following a nationwide ground stop Friday night that stranded hundreds of thousands of passengers and disrupted travel worldwide. The Trump administration blamed the incident on a botched replacement of old copper wire communication lines and said there was no evidence this was a cyberattack. The ground stop now raises questions about the country's aging infrastructure and lawmakers are calling for an investigation. Analysis by Philip Mann, aviation expert at Vector Strategic Consulting.

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. US air travel is expected to return to normal this Sunday, following a nationwide ground stop Friday night that stranded hundreds of thousands of passengers and disrupted travel worldwide. The ground stop now raises questions about the country's aging infrastructure and lawmakers are calling for an investigation. Analysis by Philip Mann, aviation expert at Vector Strategic Consulting.

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