All flights in the United States are grounded due to “extraordinary circumstances,” the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Friday. The FAA issued the ground stop after a “communication issue impacting all U.S. Air Route Traffic Control Centers,” U.S. Transport Secretary Sean Duffy said in a social media post. This is the first nationwide ground stop since January 2023 when a key FAA computer system malfunctioned. Before that the last time had been after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Follow for key updates:
