U.S. FAA ground stop LIVE updates: All flights grounded; no indication country under threat, says Homeland Security chief
What happened
The Federal Aviation Administration halted flights across the US for more than four hours on Friday, cancelling thousands of flights, and officials said ageing air traffic control equipment, not an attack, was to blame.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the old network failed and overloaded; he ruled out a cyberattack or a Microsoft outage, and officials reported no sign of foul play.
FlightRadar24 counted more than 6,600 flights cancelled and 8,600 delayed, while France 24 put Friday's cancellations at nearly 6,000 and said over 2,000 more were scrapped on Saturday.
Officials said new technology added to the system overwhelmed the old gear, leaving gaps in communications and radar; limited departures resumed around 8:15pm ET.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said schedules should normalise by the end of Sunday, though delays and cancellations would persist on Saturday.
Duffy asked Congress for $30.1 billion to modernise air traffic control, and said NCAA football teams would get priority on Saturday.
“We use 1980s little copper lines. It's an old system that went down, and went down everywhere. It got overloaded.”
France 24
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