NY Governor Calls for Sean Duffy's Resignation After Air Travel Chaos
Summary
New York Governor Kathy Hochul called for Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to resign or for President Donald Trump to remove him after an FAA communications failure caused a nationwide ground stop on Friday. The outage disrupted thousands of flights, and investigators are examining the FAA telecommunications network while airlines continue to manage cancellations and displaced crews and aircraft.Key Facts
- The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop on Friday after instability affected the telecommunications network carrying radar and voice data.
- The disruption caused thousands of flight cancellations and delays.
- About 3,500 aircraft were already in the air when the ground stop began.
- Hochul called for Duffy’s resignation or removal and urged Congress to investigate the disruption.
- Duffy said the FAA had returned to full operations by Saturday.
- Investigators were examining routine maintenance and considering human error, installation or configuration issues, and defective equipment as possible causes.
- The FAA was reviewing the performance of network provider L3Harris Technologies.
- Congress appropriated $12.5 billion for air traffic system modernization in 2025, and Duffy is seeking an additional $50 billion.
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