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

https://mins.news/en/video/143776

- France 24 English, 2026-11-14 16:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUutF1OdfHg

> Flights resumed after a nearly five-hour nationwide stoppage in the US, but officials warned delays linked to the incident could take days to clear. Transport Secretary Sean Duffy said the crisis stemmed from failing ageing 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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