Photos show trouble at airports nationwide as FAA grounds all flights
The FAA has issued a nationwide ground stop for all flights due to an unexplained communications issue affecting air-traffic control centers. Passengers across the U.S. are facing significant delays and deplaning as technicians work to resolve the system outage.
Why it matters
A total grounding of U.S. air travel represents a critical infrastructure failure with massive economic and logistical consequences for global transportation.
A passenger walks past a board displaying delayed flights at JFK International in New York City after the FAA issued a national ground stop "due to extraordinary circumstances and reasons for safety" on Friday. Angelina Katsanis/Reuters Passengers are being taken off planes nationwide. The FAA ordered all planes grounded. The Transportation Secretary cited a "communications" issue at all air-traffic control centers. It's a bad time to be traveling. Passengers are being deplaned, and flights are delayed after the FAA grounded every flight nationwide because of what it called "extraordinary circumstances." Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the ground stop was ordered because of a "communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers." "FAA technicians are investigating the issue," Duffy wrote in a post on X.
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