Morning Digest: All departing U.S. flights grounded due to communication outage; Microsoft outage hits businesses worldwide, India feels impact, and more

All departing U.S. flights grounded due to communication outage All flights in the U.S. were grounded on Friday (November 13, 2026), sparking travel chaos across the vast country, after what government officials said was a major communications outage, insisting it was not the result of any “nefarious attack.” The nationwide stop left tens of thousands of passengers in limbo, with some pulled off planes moments before departure by airline staff who appeared in the dark about unfolding events. The incident marked only the second time such an alert was given in U.S. airspace since the 9/11 attacks. All departing U.S. flights grounded due to communication outage storyline 1 Microsoft outage hits businesses worldwide; India feels impact The global disruption of multiple Microsoft services, which began on Thursday (November 12, 2026) and continued late into Friday (November 13, 2026), affected several Indian businesses’ internal communications and customer-facing operations.