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The halt triggered immediate chaos and confusion for travelers, with departure boards at many airports showing flights were operating normally, even as many were unable to board.
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FAA ground stop stems from "telecommunications outage"; no indication of "nefarious" act, DHS Secretary Mullin says
It will take “some time” to resolve the ground stop, DHS Chief Markwayne Mullin said. Follow our blog for more.
No indication right now of “a nefarious act” behind the FAA communications issue, Homeland Security secretary Markwayne Mullin says.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said all flights are accounted for, and there will be a “priority list” to account for planes as they start coming into airports.
DHS Secretary Mullin says there is currently "no reason to believe" a national security threat is behind communications outage. Follow our coverage.
A telecommunication outage prompted the FAA to issue a nationwide ground stop, DHS Secretary Mullin says.
