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The FAA has issued a ground stop for departing flights in the US after a communications failure disrupted air traffic.

A nationwide ground stop has been issued for all US flights due to serious air traffic control communication issues.

The Federal Aviation Administration's decision to ground all flights nationwide for several hours Friday threw the sports world into chaos, leaving NBA, NHL and college teams scrambling to reach their destinations in time for games this weekend.

US air regulators have issued a rare nationwide ground stop for all departing flights, citing a communications problem affecting air traffic control towers Read More: https://punchng.com/us-grounds-all-departing-flights-over-air-traffic-control-glitch/

The order means flights in the air may land, but flights on the ground cannot take off.

A spokesperson for the FAA told TechCrunch that it issued the ground stop "following communication issues impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers," which manage the airspace across the United States.

The nation's top homeland security official attributed the problem to a telecommunications outage and said there was no indication yet of a nefarious act.

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says federal aviation agency is ‘investigating the issue’.

The government cited a nationwide communications failure among air traffic control systems as the reason for the sudden grounding on Friday.

The ​U.S. Federal Aviation ‌Administration on Friday issued a national ground stop "due to ​extraordinary circumstance and ​reasons for safety."

Airports ordered by Federal Aviation Administration to halt take-offs because of ‘telecommunications outage’

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