FAA ground stop halts all US flights for several hours, disrupting flights from UK airports

Summary

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a nationwide ground stop at all US airports on Friday 13 November due to an air traffic control outage affecting communication across every Air Route Traffic Control Centre, Wales Online and the Manchester Evening News reported, the Birmingham Mail writing that the FAA notice said the ground stop was being imposed 'due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety'. A nationwide freeze on American flights of this scale has only occurred once before since the September 11 terror attacks in 2001, The Independent reported, and British Airways cancelled a flight to New York from London Heathrow while Virgin Atlantic flights from Manchester Airport faced disruption, according to the Liverpool Echo. The FAA lifted the nationwide ground stop as airport chaos continued in the US and beyond, The Guardian reported, Sean Duffy, Trump's transportation secretary, acknowledging that a tech failure led federal aviation officials to shut down the system and ground flights, though details are scarce. On Saturday 14 November more than 30 flights between London and the US were cancelled, the Evening Standard reported, but travel disruption eased for UK passengers as US flights slowly resumed, The Scotsman and The Independent reported, The Scotsman writing that US officials said recovery would be slow, with tens of thousands of passengers stranded and analysts expecting disruption to last for days.

Latest: Travel disruption eased for UK passengers as US flights slowly resumed after the nationwide halt, The Scotsman and The Independent reported, The Scotsman writing that US officials said recovery would be slow and that London Heathrow's website said flights to Dallas Fort Worth, Charlotte and Houston had been cancelled, while the Evening Standard reported more than 30 flights between London and the US cancelled and Euronews that Sean Duffy blamed the stoppage on an 'incredibly old' air traffic control system.

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