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 "published": "2026-11-14T02:01:57.051Z",
 "expires": "2026-11-21T02:01:57.051Z",
 "place": "San Francisco, United States",
 "lat": 37.7749,
 "lon": -122.4194,
 "headline": "FAA Grounds Flights Nationwide",
 "paragraphs": [
  "The FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop due to air traffic control communications issues, per latimes.com. Nearly 11,000 flights were delayed or canceled across the US.",
  "Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirmed the grounding was due to a telecommunications issue, not a security threat, facebook.com reports. Officials emphasized everyone remains safe.",
  "The national ground stop began at 20:53 UTC and was lifted around 01:28 UTC on November 14, according to Bloomberg and Axios."
 ],
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 "method": "Written by a language model from the linked articles; places tagged on the E0–E14 floors of The Arena.",
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   "text": "communications issues",
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   "text": "officials emphasized everyone remains safe",
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  {
   "title": "US government grounds all flights across the United States ‘due to extraordinary circumstances’",
   "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-government-grounds-flights-across-214438563.html",
   "outlet": "yahoo.com",
   "seen": "2026-11-13T21:44:38Z"
  },
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   "title": "FAA grounds flights nationwide, including SFO, citing ‘extraordinary circumstances’",
   "url": "https://www.sfchronicle.com/travel/article/faa-nationwide-ground-stop-22529660.php",
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  {
   "name": "San Francisco International Airport (SFO) · Observed 02:00 UTC",
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   "shown": [
    "Pilot reports, 2 h · 7 within 150 km · 4 turbulence",
    "FAA · ground delay avg 138 min (wind)"
   ],
   "said_on_air": "At San Francisco right now: clear skies, wind 4 knots, and 24 aircraft on the ground."
  },
  {
   "name": "US ground stop lifted · FAA NAS Status · in the feed since 21:29 UTC",
   "source": "FAA NAS Status · aircraft: adsb.lol",
   "check_url": "https://nasstatus.faa.gov/",
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    "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 · 586 (-83% since 21:42 UTC)"
   ],
   "said_on_air": "Planes are climbing back into the sky over the US: departures are starting again after the FAA's ground stop."
  },
  {
   "name": "San Francisco International Airport (SFO) · Observed 03:00 UTC",
   "source": "aviationweather.gov (NOAA)",
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   "shown": [
    "Pilot reports, 2 h · 8 within 150 km · 5 turbulence",
    "FAA · ground delay avg 138 min (wind)"
   ],
   "said_on_air": "At San Francisco right now: clear skies, wind 10 knots, and 23 aircraft on the ground."
  }
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 "day": "https://emergencemachine.com/brief/day/2026-11-14"
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