The FAA has issued a national ground stop affecting all U.S. Departures, 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.
Flight N165CD is climbing out of San Diego-Lindbergh Field at 2,700 ft, heading northwest, according to real-time tracking data. The ground stop remains in effect across the region.
The cause has been attributed to frequency issues rather than a cyberattack or natural disaster, per ABC News and FAA status updates. Microsoft's worldwide outage is not linked to this incident, as confirmed by Microsoft (People, 00:27 UTC).
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