Thousands of US flights still cancelled or delayed two days after grounding of planes nationwide
Summary
Thousands of U.S. flights remained delayed or cancelled on Sunday after a technical failure prompted a nationwide ground stop on Friday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said disrupted aircraft and crew schedules could keep operations from returning to normal until Monday, while investigators work to determine the failure’s cause.Key Facts
- More than 5,000 flights were delayed and 2,000 were cancelled on Sunday.
- The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all aircraft scheduled to depart the United States on Friday.
- The ground stop lasted about four and a half hours.
- FlightAware recorded 8,500 delays and 8,000 cancellations in the aftermath of Friday’s stoppage.
- Airlines cancelled more than 5,900 flights and delayed more than 7,000 on Saturday.
- Sean Duffy said a router installed in El Dorado, Arkansas, sent faulty signals and disrupted the air-traffic communications network.
- Investigators are working to determine the root cause of the failure and who is responsible.
- Donald Trump urged Congress to approve funding to modernise the air-traffic control system.
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