{
 "url": "https://emergencemachine.com/brief/cqy",
 "code": "cqy",
 "number_on_stream_that_day": 1,
 "published": "2026-11-14T00:00:36.470Z",
 "expires": "2026-11-21T00:00:36.470Z",
 "place": "Chicago, United States",
 "lat": 41.98,
 "lon": -87.9,
 "headline": "FAA Ground Stop Impacts All U.S. Airports",
 "paragraphs": [
  "The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop affecting all U.S. Airports, per Travel + Leisure and ABC News, as air traffic control communications systems experienced outages.",
  "The advisory, issued at 20:53 UTC, holds all departures and manages inbound international flights on a case-by-case basis, with the directive running through 04:00 UTC, according to thetravel.com reports.",
  "Flight N838WL is currently climbing out of Chicago O'Hare at 3,350 ft, heading east, as the ground stop remains in effect across all U.S. Terminals.",
  "The cause has been attributed to frequency issues rather than a cyberattack or natural disaster, per ABC News and FAA status updates."
 ],
 "ai_written": true,
 "method": "Written by a language model from the linked articles; places tagged on the E0–E14 floors of The Arena.",
 "floor": {
  "code": "E11",
  "name": "Organizations"
 },
 "floors_touched": [
  "E11",
  "E12",
  "E10"
 ],
 "pressure": "aviation disruption",
 "tagged_phrases": [
  {
   "text": "FAA issued",
   "floor": "E11"
  },
  {
   "text": "ground stop",
   "floor": "E11"
  },
  {
   "text": "air traffic control communications systems",
   "floor": "E11"
  },
  {
   "text": "Chicago O'Hare",
   "floor": "E11"
  },
  {
   "text": "U.S. Terminals",
   "floor": "E11"
  },
  {
   "text": "frequency issues",
   "floor": "E11"
  },
  {
   "text": "cyberattack or natural disaster",
   "floor": "E11"
  }
 ],
 "sources": [
  {
   "title": "Rare nationwide ground stop ordered at airports over communication issues: FAA - ABC News",
   "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMijgFBVV95cUxNdjZESEhXTWRPNDJEOGZqM0ZUOUdHeHJlVndERnFVejFBYmNfbnV3OUVIdTRFUEI2eHdqTkhPOWJ0OHY5RTd1WWh2VzV0YS1sVk41QVZfSXpmcmdvMXM2dDVNX3dnQ1l5VmRfOXNrSGUzVzQ5VkJnNDl1OUdXN1ByUDltakdoTVp1b2t0ZE5R0gGTAUFVX3lxTE80VGZ5dW9Tb3hkTDNXTHFnNmxnWXhER1RQbGpWMjB2cEZBX0E5a0xNRXVjNVR2czRCbmVUTkJxRHlNUmFlRXBMWlVEOVNnRHZVY0JNeUx6aDdqalZnbUFpYVZ5WXE5Ukl1RFhvbU5lUGpuRXZ1WFp0M0tBWXU2a3VFenBFTVVPbE9lNGZfUi1Oa3ZkZw?oc=5",
   "outlet": "abcnews.com",
   "seen": "2026-11-13T21:50:17Z"
  },
  {
   "title": "Chicago Travelers Get More Beach Flights This Winter, With Maui Flights More Than Doubling",
   "url": "https://www.thetravel.com/every-nonstop-us-beach-escape-from-chicago-this-winter-from-florida-to-hawaii-and-puerto-rico/",
   "outlet": "thetravel.com",
   "seen": "2026-11-13T03:04:00Z"
  },
  {
   "title": "United Airlines Flight 868 Declares Level 3 Emergency As Unruly Passenger Is Restrained With Flex Cuffs During 12-Hour Flight To Chicago",
   "url": "https://www.thetravel.com/united-airlines-flight-868-declares-level-3-emergency-unruly-passenger-restrained-with-flex-cuffs-chicago-tokyo/",
   "outlet": "thetravel.com",
   "seen": "2026-11-12T12:33:21Z"
  },
  {
   "title": "The FAA Just Issued a Rare Nationwide Ground Stop Affecting Every U.S. Airport—What to Know",
   "url": "https://www.travelandleisure.com/faa-issues-nationwide-ground-stop-at-all-usa-airports-12253643",
   "outlet": "travelandleisure.com",
   "seen": "2026-11-13T22:20:09Z"
  },
  {
   "title": "Chicago O’Hare Airport Expansion: New Terminals and Better Travel Experience Through 2034",
   "url": "https://www.indianeagle.com/traveldiary/chicago-ohare-airport-expansion-new-terminals-2033/",
   "outlet": "indianeagle.com",
   "seen": "2026-11-13T12:00:47Z"
  },
  {
   "title": "Chicago O’Hare Terminals Falling Behind World’s Biggest Airports, New Study Says",
   "url": "https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines-airports/chicago-ohare-terminals-falling-behind-worlds-biggest-airports-new-study-says",
   "outlet": "travelpulse.com",
   "seen": "2026-11-12T16:51:00Z"
  },
  {
   "title": "Do You Know? The World's Busiest Airport Has No Flights To These 2 US States",
   "url": "https://simpleflying.com/worlds-busiest-airport-has-no-flights-to-2-us-states/",
   "outlet": "simpleflying.com",
   "seen": "2026-11-12T20:24:31Z"
  }
 ],
 "open_data_shown": [
  {
   "name": "US national ground stop · FAA NAS Status · in the feed since 21:29 UTC",
   "source": "FAA NAS Status · aircraft: adsb.lol",
   "check_url": "https://nasstatus.faa.gov/",
   "shown": [
    "Airport delays from the FAA's own NAS Status feed. Aircraft counted by E14 from public ADS-B (adsb.lol), 21 sample areas over the lower 48: not every plane.",
    "In the air over the US · 1,035 (-70% since 21:42 UTC)"
   ],
   "said_on_air": "The FAA has a national ground stop on: departures are held across the US. We count 1,035 aircraft still in the air over the lower 48."
  }
 ],
 "attention": {
  "note": "what people searched for (Google Trends) and posted about (Bluesky): attention, not importance",
  "countries_searching": 44,
  "of_countries_followed": 54,
  "searched": [
   {
    "country": "New Zealand",
    "iso2": "NZ",
    "term": "faa nationwide flight ground stop",
    "rank": 1,
    "of": 13,
    "searches": "5K+",
    "check_url": "https://trends.google.com/trending?geo=NZ&hours=24"
   },
   {
    "country": "the UK",
    "iso2": "GB",
    "term": "faa",
    "rank": 4,
    "of": 157,
    "searches": "5K+",
    "check_url": "https://trends.google.com/trending?geo=GB&hours=24"
   },
   {
    "country": "Argentina",
    "iso2": "AR",
    "term": "faa",
    "rank": 4,
    "of": 84,
    "searches": "2K+",
    "check_url": "https://trends.google.com/trending?geo=AR&hours=24"
   },
   {
    "country": "Sweden",
    "iso2": "SE",
    "term": "faa",
    "rank": 7,
    "of": 57,
    "searches": "1K+",
    "check_url": "https://trends.google.com/trending?geo=SE&hours=24"
   },
   {
    "country": "Romania",
    "iso2": "RO",
    "term": "flight radar",
    "rank": 8,
    "of": 22,
    "searches": "500+",
    "check_url": "https://trends.google.com/trending?geo=RO&hours=24"
   },
   {
    "country": "Thailand",
    "iso2": "TH",
    "term": "faa",
    "rank": 8,
    "of": 14,
    "searches": "200+",
    "check_url": "https://trends.google.com/trending?geo=TH&hours=24"
   }
  ],
  "bluesky": {
   "topic": "FAA orders nationwide ground stop",
   "rank": 1,
   "posts": 7895
  }
 },
 "day": "https://emergencemachine.com/brief/day/2026-11-14"
}