Guarulhos Airport had nine flights canceled and delays of up to 4 hours
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Arajet passengers were stranded at the airport after a company plane had a tire burst on landing, interrupting operations. A group from São Paulo traveled to Guarulhos, but was unable to board and was waiting for more than a day with no expected return date, information or accommodation assistance, according to a report from g1.

More than 16,000 flights were canceled on Friday (13) and Saturday (14) in the United States after a failure in aviation communication systems, which led the FAA to suspend takeoffs nationwide for almost five hours. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said contractor L3Harris was working on replacing copper cables with fiber optics when the problem occurred and asked Congress for $50 billion to modernize the air traffic control system.

Five Brazilian artificial intelligence engineers were stranded in Cincinnati, in the United States, after the original flight was diverted due to bad weather and the national suspension of takeoffs determined by the FAA on Friday (13). They managed to board a flight to New York and plan to return to Brazil on Monday (16). US Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, attributed the stoppage to a failure to replace copper cables with optical fiber in the L3Harris infrastructure, ruling out a cyber attack and a relationship with the SMART artificial intelligence system.
The US government points out that the replacement of copper cables with optical fiber caused a failure in the aerial system. The incident led to significant flight cancellations and delays, including impacts at Guarulhos Airport, in Brazil.

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US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy reported the gradual resumption of air operations after a nationwide shutdown. Despite the safety guarantee, thousands of flights remain canceled or delayed, with the greatest impact on Atlanta, Chicago and New York.