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New AI traffic control system is 'being looked at' as possible cause of airport ground stop - Follow live
Homeland security secretary blames a telecommunications outage and says the cause is under investigation. Follow live updates.
DHS Secretary Mullin says US FAA's nationwide ground stop of flights is due to a 'telecommunication outage' and 'this isn't another 9/11'
All passengers are accounted for, and 32 people taken to hospitals with noncritical injuries after tanker hit a river cruise boat
All are accounted for and 32 people have been hospitalized after a tanker hit a river cruise ship in New Orleans.
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.
