Transportation secretary Sean Duffy blames prior presidents and Congress for flight stoppage
Summary
A four-hour nationwide FAA flight stoppage on Friday delayed or canceled thousands of flights. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed prior administrations and limited congressional funding, while Senator Chris Van Hollen said the administration should first use funds already approved; the FAA is investigating maintenance work linked to the stoppage.Key Facts
- The Friday flight stoppage lasted four hours and delayed or canceled thousands of flights.
- Duffy said routine maintenance by a contractor caused the stoppage.
- Van Hollen said Congress had provided $12.5 billion requested for improvements and urged the administration to justify any request for more funding.
- Duffy said the $12.5 billion could not fund new telecommunications systems, air-traffic software, or control towers.
- Trump blamed the Biden administration and called on Congress to provide funding for flight-control systems.
- The FAA is investigating the maintenance work, which involved replacing copper telecommunications lines with fiber-optic cables.
- Duffy said there was no indication of a foreign cyberattack, while contractor L3Harris conducted diagnostic testing.
- The FAA technicians’ union said its members were not involved in the upgrades and attributed the issue to two contractor-owned and maintained routers being updated.
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