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US grounds flights nationwide after air traffic control communications outage
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US grounds flights nationwide after air traffic control communications outage

WASHINGTON — The US Federal Aviation Administration grounded all departing flights nationwide on Friday after a communications failure hit air traffic control centers, in only the second such shutdown since the September 11, 2001, attacks. Nearly 7,000 flights were delayed or canceled, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. Planes already in the air were allowed to land, but those on the ground could not take off. The disruption is the latest and most dramatic sign of strain on a US air traffic control system beset by equipment and communications failures, controller shortages and aging infrastructure. “The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers. FAA technicians are investigating the issue. We will provide immediate updates as we have them,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on X. Airline officials said the FAA had not indicated when the ground stop might be lifted, but there were preliminary indications the communications issues were improving in some plac

‘One more extra day away from the kids’: Stranded travellers react to the Friday the 13th chaos at US airports
Nov 14, 2026
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A communications outage prompted a rare grounding of all US flights, stranding hundreds of thousands of travellers amid confusion and uncertainty. 

US Loses Measles Elimination Status as Cases Surge, WSJ Says
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The US has lost its long-standing status as having eradicated measles after transmission of the disease has continued through the past year and broken case records, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.

US lifts nationwide flight ground stop after 4 hours of air traffic control outage, confirms no cyberattack
Nov 14, 2026
US lifts nationwide flight ground stop after 4 hours of air traffic control outage, confirms no cyberattack

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no indication as of yet that anything nefarious was behind the ground stop, but that it was a telecommunications outage.

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The discussion would be the first trilateral meeting between the leaders, although all three attended the larger G20 meeting in 2019.

In a first, Trump to hold historic trilateral meeting with Xi, Putin in China next week | All you need to know
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US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to hold their first-ever trilateral meeting in Shenzhen next week. The talks are expected to focus on nuclear disarmament and the Iran war, while discussions on Ukraine are unlikely.

US Briefly Grounds All Departing Flights, 2nd Such Move Since 9/11
Nov 14, 2026
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The nationwide ground stop was the first since January 2023, when a key FAA computer system malfunctioned, and the second since the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks.

LIVE UPDATES: 49th ASEAN Summit in Manila
Nov 14, 2026
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US ground stop live updates: FAA order lifted after thousands of flights are delayed and passengers stranded
Nov 14, 2026
US ground stop live updates: FAA order lifted after thousands of flights are delayed and passengers stranded

Over 9,000 flights were delayed in the US on Friday

US Flight Shutdown Live Updates: US Nationwide Flight Shutdown Lifted, Officials Say "No Threat To Public"
Nov 14, 2026
US Flight Shutdown Live Updates: US Nationwide Flight Shutdown Lifted, Officials Say "No Threat To Public"

The Federal Aviation Administration "issued a nationwide ground stop for all US airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers," the agency said.

‘Extraordinary circumstances’: US cancels nationwide grounding of flights
Nov 14, 2026
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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no suggestion at this stage that a cyberattack was to blame.

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