The FAA imposed a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. flights on Friday after a communications outage that grounded air traffic for several hours.
Operations resumed at about 8:15 p.m. Eastern, and officials said the stop was taken for safety due to an extraordinary circumstance, with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy linking the issue to a problem at the Air Route Traffic Control Centers.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no evidence of a security threat, the outage was not tied to the recent Microsoft incident, and a thorough investigation is underway, while concerns grew over the FAA’s recent rollout of an AI tool that may have contributed to the disruption.
Source: newhampshirebulletin.com
