FAA lifts nationwide ground stop of planes at US airports, major delays to continue
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/faa-issues-nationwide-ground-stop-cites-communications-issueDuffy details timeline of FAA outage that triggered nationwide ground stop
The FAA lifted its nationwide ground stop at 8:15 p.m. ET Friday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced.
Duffy said telecommunications issues began at FAA facilities and terminal radar approach control facilities across the country at 3:36 p.m. ET, prompting the agency to halt departures out of an abundance of caution.
More than 3,500 planes were airborne when the ground stop was issued. Pilots and air traffic controllers followed established procedures to land aircraft safely, reducing the number in the airspace to fewer than 400 by 8 p.m. ET, he said.
A ground stop was in place earlier today. It has been lifted.
