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The Federal Aviation Administration imposed a nationwide ground stop at 3:36 p.m. ET on Friday, affecting flights across the United States, according to U.S. officials. The order was lifted about four hours later after technicians resolved the issue. Medical-service flights were allowed to continue during the disruption.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the problem involved communications affecting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers. He said that, during maintenance work by contractor L3Harris Technologies at a remote facility, a router made more than 1,000 connection attempts every four to five seconds, overwhelming routers across the agency’s network.
Officials said President Donald Trump was briefed within 30 minutes while attending an economic policy meeting. White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller led a call involving the Transportation, Homeland Security and Defense departments, the FBI and U.S. Cyber Command, officials said. The intelligence community preliminarily found no indication of nefarious activity.
Flight-tracking data showed about 9,159 cancellations and 7,190 delays on Friday, according to FlightAware. The Homeland Security Council planned an interagency meeting for Monday to discuss next steps and efforts to prevent further disruptions during modernization work.
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