FAA Halts Departing U.S. Flights Amid Communications Outage


   
Daniel Rodriguez Huerta
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   CALGARY, CANADA (DTN) - The Federal Aviation Administration halted all 
departing flights across the United States on Friday (11/13) after a 
communications outage hit its air traffic control system.

   Markwayne Mullin, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 
told reporters at the White House there was "no indication as of yet that this 
was a nefarious attack," and called the outage a telecommunications failure. He 
said officials had not ruled out any cause, including a cyberattack.

   Sean Duffy, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, said in a X 
post that a communication issue affected all Air Route Traffic Control Centers 
and that FAA technicians were investigating.

   An FAA advisory said departures would stay on hold until further notice, 
citing safety and extraordinary circumstances, while inbound international 
landings would be managed case by case.

   The stoppage began shortly before 4 pm ET. FlightAware counted more than 
9,000 delayed U.S. flights and about 1,200 cancellations as 5:15 pm ET.




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