FAA Lifts Nationwide Ground Stop at US Airports

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced early today that it had cancelled the nationwide ground stop on flights from the country’s airports, allowing aircraft departures to resume after problems affecting communications systems were resolved.

US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said during a press conference: “We have reopened the airspace, but traffic will be slow,” explaining that this did not mean all aircraft would take off immediately.

He added: “We were able to review what happened, identify the points of failure and then restart the system. The return of traffic will be gradual.” He said there was no evidence that the incident resulted from a cyberattack.

Duffy said federal authorities were still examining the details of the fault and how to prevent it from recurring, stressing: “If Congress does not act to provide funding for the air navigation system, the system will be less safe.”

He noted that no calculations had yet been made to estimate the damage caused by the ground stop at the country’s airports.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said that “there was in fact no cyberattack targeting the airport communications system,” but added that the verification process was continuing.

Air traffic in the United States had been paralysed for hours, contributing to thousands of flight cancellations and delays.

Source: QNA

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