US flight disruptions to last until late Sunday, FAA head says
FAA head Bryan Bedford said US air travel disruptions will persist until late on Sunday, after a nationwide ground stop halted thousands of flights. The outage has been blamed on a router installed by L3Harris.
Air travel across the United States will remain disrupted until late on Sunday, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said, The Citizen Tanzania reported. The problems follow a nationwide ground stop that halted thousands of US flights. Officials blamed the outage on aging technology. Citizen Digital reported that the shutdown has been traced to a router installed by L3Harris. It called the incident the latest painful example of the aging US air traffic control telecom system. Officials are struggling to replace outdated systems while keeping existing communications running. On Saturday, a day after the ground stop, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy held a televised press conference on the chaos. The briefing itself ran into technical trouble, Citizen Digital reported. Soon after Duffy began speaking, a deep, echoing hum came from the microphones and speakers. Duffy…
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