Federal Aviation Administration of the United States ( The FAA) has ordered the national ban on launching flights from US airports, following a problem in the communications system that has affected air traffic control centres.
US Transport Secretary Sean Duffy has announced that the FAA is investigating the cause of the problem, while promising that updates will be published once new information is available.
FAA technicians are investigating the problem. We’ll offer immediate updates as soon as we have, Duffy said.
According to FlightRadar24 platform data, about 3,100 planes are currently in the air, heading towards American airports. However, flights that have already been launched can continue the journey and land in their destinations.
Banning all flights to the national level is an extremely rare measure. The last time the FAA had made such a decision was in January 2023, when a problem in the aviation reporting system ( NOTAM had forced the suspension of flights.
The previous case when all US air traffic was banned dates back to September 2001, following the 11 September terrorist attacks.
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