FAA nationwide ground stop: what caused it and what travellers face now
The US Federal Aviation Administration halted departures at every US airport for more than four hours on Friday, 13 November 2026, after a communications failure hit several regional air traffic control centres. Officials blamed overloaded legacy equipment, said there was no sign of a cyberattack, and FlightAware data showed more than 12,500 US flights cancelled across Friday and Saturday morning.
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