# US: What caused the longest nationwide ground stop in 25 years?

https://mins.news/en/item/143771

- France 24, 2026-11-14 16:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/us-what-exactly-caused-the-longest-nationwide-ground-stop-in-25-years

> US flights resumed after a nationwide ground stop lasting nearly five hours, but officials warned that ongoing delays could take days to clear. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy attributed the crisis to a failure in aging telecommunications equipment.

## 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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