# US nationwide flight halt: ‘Our routers got overloaded with data’

https://mins.news/en/item/143499

- France 24, 2026-11-14 10:14 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/us-nationwide-flight-ground-stop-our-routers-got-overloaded-with-data

> The FAA ordered a rare nationwide ground stop on Friday, leading to more than 8,200 cancellations—over 31% of scheduled US flights. It lasted nearly five hours, the country’s longest since September 11, 2001. Officials cited outdated air traffic communications equipment and said there was no evidence of a cyberattack. US airspace has reopened and flights have resumed.

## 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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