# FAA lifts US flight ground stop after telecommunications outage

https://mins.news/en/item/143308

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-14 03:32 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/14/faa-ground-stop-lifted-why-were-us-flights-grounded-and-whats-next?traffic_source=rss

> The FAA said a telecommunications outage triggered a nationwide ground stop that disrupted thousands of US flights. The order was lifted Friday evening, and the airspace reopened after more than four hours, though officials cautioned that services would recover slowly. More than 4,700 flights were cancelled and 10,000 delayed on Friday, according to FlightRadar24.

## Stories

- [US Nationwide Air Traffic Communications Outage and Flight Grounding](https://mins.news/en/topic/faa-nationwide-air-traffic-outage) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/faa-nationwide-air-traffic-outage.md

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