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US government grounds flights nationwide following communication system failure
The measure, which affects Air Route Traffic Control Centers, has no estimated end time and follows isolated technical disruptions previously reported at Chicago airports.
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The essentials of this story
- What happened
- Total suspension of departures at US airports due to failures in air traffic communication systems.
- Who is affected
- Passengers on domestic flights and international flights bound for the United States.
- What changes
- Aircraft on the ground are prohibited from taking off indefinitely, while flights already in the air continue to land.
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Sources
- Governo dos EUA descarta relação de pane da Microsoft com suspensão de voos — O Globo
- Governo Trump não vê indícios de ameaça e diz que suspensão de decolagens nos EUA deve se prolongar — Exame
- Governo Trump diz não ver indícios de ameaça, mas não descarta ataque após suspensão de voos nos EUA — Folha de S.Paulo — em cima da hora
