# Air India Flight Delayed Amid US ATC Outage

- Place: New Delhi, India (28.6139, 77.209)
- Published: 2026-11-15T02:30:05.542Z · expires 2026-11-22T02:30:05.542Z
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An Air India flight from Delhi to San Francisco was delayed by 2.5 hours due to a communications failure by U.S. Air traffic control, per Times of India.

The incident occurred just before the flight reached its destination, as part of a nationwide ground stop ordered by the FAA following an air traffic control outage, Reuters reports.

India's aviation sector was affected by the U.S. Ground stop, with many international flights delayed or canceled, as reported by Bloomberg and AP.

The FAA lifted the advisory at 01:28 UTC on November 14 after nearly four and a half hours, impacting nearly 5,000 flights globally.

## Sources

- [Air India Delhi-SFO was 2.5 hours away from destination when US ATC failed; all 5 AI flights landed on ti](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ai-delhi-sfo-was-2-5-hours-away-from-destination-when-us-atc-failed-all-5-ai-flights-landed-on-time/articleshow/135840878.cms) · timesofindia.indiatimes.com · 2026-11-15

## Open data shown on the globe

- Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) · Observed 02:00 UTC · aviationweather.gov (NOAA): Weather · low instrument conditions (LIFR) · wind 280° 6 kt · broken at 9,000 ft · 20 °C · check: https://aviationweather.gov/data/metar/?id=VIDP&hours=0&taf=on