The FAA has issued a nationwide ground stop affecting all U.S. Airports, per mycomoxvalleynow.com and 1news.co.nz reports. The advisory, issued at 20:53 UTC, holds all departures and manages inbound international flights on a case-by-case basis.
Denver International Airport is among the affected facilities, with flights delayed due to the communications outage, as noted by 9news.com. The FAA attributes the issue to 'frequency problems' rather than cyberattack or natural disaster, per ABC News and PBS.
Flight N523AB is climbing out of Denver at 6,300 ft, heading southeast, while N4633J approaches from the northwest at 5,275 ft, according to recent_aviation data. The ground stop remains in effect through 04:00 UTC, as per the FAA status updates.
The outage has prompted a significant number of flight cancellations and delays nationwide, with over 1,000 flights cancelled, according to thetravel.com. Searches for 'faa' and 'us flights' have spiked in several countries including India and Australia.
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