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Nationwide US flight shutdown disrupts air travel
Photo — Ramaz Bluashvili / Pexels
A nationwide US flight ground stop caused by communications failures in an overloaded air-traffic-control system stranded tens of thousands of passengers. Flights resumed after about four hours, but airlines reported thousands of cancellations and delays as authorities worked to restore normal operations.[2][6]