The shutdown was the first nationwide ground stop since January 2023, when a malfunction in the FAA's pilot notification system temporarily halted domestic departures. Before that, the last nationwide grounding followed the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Friday's disruption marked only the third such shutdown in 25 years.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the outage affected air route traffic control centers responsible for managing flights across the country. Aircraft already airborne were permitted to continue to their destinations, while inbound international flights were being handled on a case-by-case basis. Officials gave no timetable for restoring normal operation
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