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FAA Grounds All Flights

The FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop affecting nearly 11,000 flights, per The Guardian reports.

The ground stop, initiated at 20:53 UTC due to air traffic control communications issues, remains in effect, with no indication of a cyberattack, latimes.com notes.

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People were searching for this story in 41 of the 54 countries E14 follows on Google Trends. Rank = its place among the searches that trended in that country within four hours of it.

#4 search in Australia (of 77) · 2K+ · “faa” · Google Trends →#4 search in Argentina (of 84) · 2K+ · “faa” · Google Trends →#7 search in Sweden (of 57) · 1K+ · “faa” · Google Trends →#21 search in Peru (of 49) · 200+ · “faa” · Google Trends →#1 on Bluesky · 7,895 posts · “FAA orders nationwide ground stop” · Bluesky →

Sources —

6 articles
01theguardian.com · 13 NovNationwide FAA ground stop: nearly 11,000 flights delayed or canceled at airports across the US 02latimes.com · 13 NovFAA issues nationwide ground stop due to 'extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety' 03southpasadenan.com · 13 NovFAA Grounds Every Flight In The Nation After Air Traffic Control Communications Failure: LAX, Burbank & All Southern California Airports Halted 04enen.philenews.com · 13 NovThousands of flights disrupted as US grounds all air traffic over communications outage 05nbclosangelesnbclosangeles.com · 13 NovTravel halted at Southern California airports as FAA orders rare nationwide ground stop 06facebook.com · 13 NovHomeland Security Secretary on FAA ground stop: This isn’t "another 9/11”. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin says the FAA groundstop is due to a "telecomunications issue" and that "everyone is safe." #Breaking #News #airport #grounds

Open data on the globe —

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US national ground stop · FAA NAS Status · in the feed since 21:29 UTC
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 · 533 (-85% since 21:42 UTC)
ATL · dep 3h01–3h15
“The FAA has a national ground stop on: departures are held across the US. We count 533 aircraft still in the air over the lower 48.”
FAA NAS Status · aircraft: adsb.lol · Open the same data on nasstatus.faa.gov →
US ground stop lifted · FAA NAS Status · in the feed since 21:29 UTC
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 · 498 (-86% since 21:42 UTC)
“Planes are climbing back into the sky over the US: departures are starting again after the FAA's ground stop.”
FAA NAS Status · aircraft: adsb.lol · Open the same data on nasstatus.faa.gov →

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