FAA nationwide ground stop orders flights to stay put
Key Takeaways The order On Friday, Nov. 13, the FAA command center told operators that airports were ground-stopped for extraordinary circumstances and safety. Departures stay put until further notice. Inbound international flights are handled case by case. The cause Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said one communications problem was hitting all air route traffic control centers. CNBC quoted an FAA line that said the issues affected multiple centers. Chicago alerts and Minneapolis-St. Paul called it an equipment outage. The delays An FAA status feed current at 4:50 p.m. Eastern still listed departure delays, including about 90 minutes at O'Hare and 75 at Newark. None of the official statements gave an end time. What's unconfirmed CNN analyst Mary Schiavo guessed that a new routing tool, SMART, was clashing with older systems. The FAA described that expansion on Tuesday, Nov. 10, and has not tied it to the Nov. 13 stop. An FAA nationwide ground stop on Friday, Nov. 13, ordered all d…
