# Special report: FAA orders nationwide ground stop after telecommunications outage

https://mins.news/en/video/143119

- NBC News, 2026-11-13 23:32 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU0PHCZ_FsU

> The Federal Aviation Administration ordered all departing flights nationwide to stop on Friday, citing extraordinary circumstances and safety. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no indication of anything nefarious and attributed the stoppage to a telecommunications outage.

## 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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