https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/13/faa-nationwide-ground-stop-flights All US airports are in a ground stop mode due to communication issues. The last prolonged total ground stop was just after 9-11 and there was one jan 2023 that lasted 2 hours. So far no cause for the coms issue has been found but sources say it is not due to a cyber attack nor due to the Microsoft issues.
Edit: flights have resumed at 8:15p EST.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told reporters at the White House that the introduction of some new technology into an old air traffic control system overwhelmed it. He couldn’t rule out another outage.
The new tech referred to is an AI system that is supposed to automatically update ATC information between the airports...
