What to know about flights after the U.S. nationwide ground stop
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Summary
A nationwide FAA ground stop ended around 8:15 p.m. ET Friday, but flight disruptions continued Saturday. Officials expected up to 5,000 cancellations among 41,000 scheduled Saturday flights and said they anticipated a full recovery by Sunday.Key Facts
- About 12,000 scheduled flights, including 9,000 commercial flights, could not take off Friday.
- The FAA said the system was stable Saturday, while airlines continued to recover from the disruption.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said a contractor was replacing old copper wire with fiber when the system became overloaded.
- Officials were investigating whether contractor error or a faulty router caused the overload.
- Officials said there was no indication the ground stop was caused by a cyberattack or foreign actor, and said passenger safety was not threatened.
- The FAA said airlines must offer passengers whose flights were canceled free rebooking or a full refund.
- Microsoft said its service outage, which affected Outlook and other services Thursday, was unrelated to the flight stoppage.
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