The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted all departures in the United States on Friday. It justified the measure by citing safety reasons and an extraordinary communication problem that affected air traffic control centers. Flights began resuming after more than four hours. ta3.com ↗
The disruption caused widespread travel chaos. Approximately 6,000 flights were canceled, and thousands more were delayed. The nationwide halt of departures affected hundreds of thousands of passengers at American airports. According to available data, four flights to the United States were canceled at Frankfurt am Main Airport. El Pais ↗
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the problem concerned communication systems used at all air traffic control centers. He also described the technical infrastructure as outdated and called on Congress to allocate at least 30 billion dollars for its modernization. El Pais ↗
Duffy said that repairing the existing systems is no longer sufficient and that modernization is a matter of national security. The Secretary of Homeland Security also stated that there is no indication the outage was caused by an external or deliberate operation. sme.sk ↗
After resolving the most serious problems, the FAA authorized the resumption of operations, though passengers had to expect continuing delays and schedule changes. The agency is further investigating the cause of the communication outage. BBC News ↗
FAA Resumes Air Traffic in the US After Nationwide Halt
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