US flight outage: FAA lifts nationwide ground stop; Trump officials suggest new tech overwhelmed old equipment – as it happened

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Fri 13 Nov 2026 22.11 EST First published on Fri 13 Nov 2026 06.09 EST

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While the US Federal ⁠Aviation Administration has now lifted the nationwide ground stop imposed on airports just before 4pm Eastern Time, the question of what caused the communications outage that paralyzed the air-traffic control system remains to be answered.

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