Nationwide US flight shutdown disrupts air travel

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The disruption was the longest nationwide US flight shutdown since the September 11 attacks, according to Reuters reporting carried by the Raleigh News & Observer. Officials attributed the stoppage to a telecommunications outage affecting the Federal Aviation Administration and said there was no evidence of a cyberattack. The incident exposed vulnerabilities in aging aviation infrastructure and continued to affect airline schedules after the ground stop was lifted.[2][6]

Sources: BBC, Reuters, Raleigh News & Observer