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US grounds all airport departures due to communication failure
The nationwide flight suspension ordered by the FAA affects thousands of operations, with over 7.8 thousand delays and unprecedented restrictions since 2023.
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The essentials of this story
- What happened
- The FAA suspended all aircraft departures at airports across the United States due to a failure in air traffic control centers.
- Who is affected
- Passengers, airlines, and airports in the United States.
- What changes
- Scheduled departures were kept on the ground, airborne aircraft faced landing or holding restrictions, and thousands of trips recorded delays and cancellations.
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