The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a nationwide ground stop following a “communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers”.
Air Route Traffic Control Centers handle flights going across the country.
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said in a social media post, “FAA technicians are investigating the issue.”
The FAA said in a statement that all flights in the United States are grounded until further notice, “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of stafety.”
We are seeing reports of several flight delays Friday at the Omaha, Lincoln, and Central Nebraska Regional Airports following the nationwide ground stop.
Secretary Duffy said they will provide immediate updates as they have them.
According to CNN — this is a rare instance as the last time a nationwide ground stop was issued was January 2023, when a pilot notification system went down. Prior to that, the last nationwide ground stop was issued after the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Preliminary reports, according to CNN, indicate this is not a cyberattack, according to two law enforcement officials.
