How Trump administration responded to FAA ground stop
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Summary
The FAA imposed a nationwide ground stop on Friday, November 13, after a communications problem disrupted its air traffic control network. President Trump was briefed within 30 minutes, and the stop ended about four hours after it began; the disruption led to thousands of canceled and delayed flights.Key Facts
- The FAA announced the ground stop at 3:36 p.m. ET while about 3,500 planes were in the air.
- The FAA said a communications issue affected all Air Route Traffic Control Centers.
- Federal agencies coordinated through a White House-led call, and intelligence officials initially found no indication of malicious activity.
- President Trump received staff briefings and later met with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
- Medical service flights were allowed to continue during the ground stop.
- The FAA identified the problem by the fourth hour and lifted the grounding.
- FlightAware recorded about 9,159 canceled flights and 7,190 delayed flights on Friday.
- Duffy said maintenance by FAA telecommunications contractor L3Harris Technologies apparently triggered excessive connection attempts that overwhelmed routers across the FAA network.
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