Travelers stranded, flights canceled after ground stop. Here's what we know
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Summary
A nationwide FAA ground stop on Friday disrupted U.S. air travel, canceling thousands of flights and stranding travelers. The stop was lifted that evening, and flights resumed Saturday, though delays and cancellations continued as airlines restored operations.Key Facts
- The FAA began the ground stop at 3:36 p.m. EST Friday, when about 3,500 planes were in the air.
- The stop was lifted around 8:20 p.m. EST Friday, and all planes already in the air landed safely.
- FlightAware recorded about 9,159 cancellations and 7,190 delays on Friday.
- More than 3,800 flights were canceled and about 2,000 were delayed on Saturday.
- A preliminary FAA investigation linked the outage to a telecommunications failure; Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said overloaded FAA routers caused inconsistent information flow.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said officials had no indication that a cyberattack caused the ground stop.
- Duffy said it was safe to fly, while warning that delays and cancellations could continue as airlines repositioned aircraft and crews.
- The Trump administration increased its request for air traffic control funding to $50 billion late Friday.
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