The Federal Aviation Administration is halting flights departing from all U.S. airports “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety.”
The advisory, issued by the Air Traffic Control System Command Center on Friday, states that all aircraft operators were told that airports were ground stopped and all departing traffic should remain grounded until further notice.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy attributed the rare sweeping disruption to “a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers.”
“FAA technicians are investigating the issue,” he wrote on X. “We will provide immediate updates as we have them.”
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Inbound flights will be managed on a case-by-case basis, the alert stated.
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