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The article mentioned that it is very rare to implement ground grounding across the United States. The last time it happened was in January 2023 because of a critical computer system failure; the last time it happened was on September 11, 2001, because of the terrorist attacks on the United States.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued a directive on the afternoon of the 13th local time stating that it would suspend flight departures across the United States due to communication problems.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that due to communication failures at multiple air traffic control centers, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a directive requiring flights at all U.S. airports to suspend takeoffs until further notice.
The statement also said FAA technicians were investigating the issue. Inbound international flights will be subject to availability.
According to US media reports, airline officials said that the US Federal Aviation Administration has not yet revealed when the ground grounding order will be lifted, but there are preliminary signs that communication problems in some areas are improving.
According to reports, nationwide ground groundings are "very rare." The last time it happened was in January 2023, it was due to a failure of a critical computer system. The last time it appeared was on September 11, 2001, when the United States was attacked by terrorists.
According to data from the flight tracking website FlightAware, as of 17:30 ET on the 13th, 9,917 domestic and inbound and outbound flights in the United States were delayed and 953 were cancelled.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground grounding order on Friday afternoon, citing special circumstances and flight safety considerations, resulting in the delay or cancellation of nearly 7,000 flights. There was an air traffic control communication abnormality in the Chicago area, and the Secretary of Transportation revealed that the failure affected all route air traffic control centers. This is the second nationwide grounding in the United States since 9/11 in 2001. The last time was a NOTAM system failure in January 2023.

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