Nationwide US flight ground stop disrupts air travel

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The disruption is a major aviation and infrastructure incident because it affected departures across the entire United States rather than a single airport. The FAA attributed the stoppage to an extraordinary circumstance and safety concerns linked to air-traffic-control communications problems; flight-tracking data showed the disruption rapidly expanding into thousands of cancellations and delays.[8][9]

Sources: ABC News, The Guardian, FlightAware