# US grounds flights: Mullin says telecoms outage, not another 9/11

https://mins.news/en/video/143077

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-11-13 23:04 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQuw_SAb-s

> The FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop, halting all departing flights and affecting about 7,000 flights. It cited disruption to air traffic controllers’ communications systems and radar capabilities. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said all air route traffic control centres were affected.

## 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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