
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop on Friday afternoon, halting all plane departures at every airport and stranding millions of passengers.
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The Federal Aviation Administration took an extraordinary step Friday afternoon by issuing a nationwide ground stop. No planes are taking off at any airport and millions of passengers are stranded.
The Federal Aviation Administration took an extraordinary step Friday afternoon by issuing a nationwide ground stop. No planes are taking off at any airport and millions of passengers are stranded.
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A nationwide ground stop halted all U.S. airports for about four hours on Friday due to a communication issue involving aging technology, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no evidence of a cyberattack. More than 10,000 flights were delayed and 5,000 canceled as of 8 p.m. EST, per FlightAware. It was only the second national ground stop since September 11, 2001.

The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop halting all US airport departures on Friday afternoon due to a telecommunications outage affecting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the stop on X, while Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no security threat. This is only the third nationwide ground stop in FAA history.

The FAA grounded all flights across the United States on Friday due to an equipment outage and communication issues impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers, with departing flights held at gates and inbound international flights managed case-by-case; officials said there is no indication of a nefarious act but recovery will take time.

The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop for all US airports on Friday due to a communication issue affecting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers, with technicians investigating; Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the stop via Twitter, citing safety reasons.

Eight people died when a three-story Brooklyn apartment building collapsed during excavation at an adjacent construction site, leaving 18 injured including four firefighters. Survivors recounted their terror at a news conference as New York officials ordered inspections at more than 160 sites linked to six entities connected to the site.

A cargo ship struck the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge over the Delaware River on Thursday, leaving it unable to close and causing major traffic backups between Palmyra, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. No injuries were reported. The vessel, the Singapore-flagged Strategic Alliance, is moored at a Kinder Morgan facility in Bristol, Pennsylvania, where a Coast Guard inspection team is on site. The bridge reopened Thursday evening with a lane closure.