# US air travel paralysed as communications failure grounds flights nationwide

https://mins.news/en/video/143096

- France 24 English, 2026-11-13 23:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN3KlZfj8ws

> The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a nationwide flight ground stop on Friday because of communications problems at regional air traffic control centers. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the centers direct planes between airports nationwide and that FAA technicians are investigating.

## 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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