All departing flights in the United States were grounded indefinitely after the Federal Aviation Administration issued an extremely rare nationwide groundstop on Friday afternoon.
The agency cited “extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety” in an advisory, only the third time since 9/11 that a groundstop affecting the entire nation has been issued.
A subsequent statement from the FAA attributed the move to “communication issues impacting multiple Air Traffic Control Centers” and said FAA technicians “are investigating the issue.”
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