# Duffy says unclear whether equipment or contractor error caused flight shutdown

https://mins.news/en/video/143844

- Reuters, 2026-11-14 18:18 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxAqUfaGPOA

> Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said FAA contractor L3Harris was switching telecommunications lines from copper to fiber at a remote site. The work led to the longest nationwide flight shutdown since the September 11, 2001, attacks, but it remains unclear whether equipment or contractor error caused it.

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