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LIVE: FAA issues nationwide ground stop after communications outage in US 

13 November 2026
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This content originally appeared on Al Jazeera.

FILE - An airplane flies past the air traffic control tower at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Nov. 8, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
A plane flies past the air traffic control tower at Phoenix Sky Harbor international airport [File: Ross D Franklin/AP Photo]

By Umar Farooq, Hoda Sherif, Leena Fraihat and Enes Abuomer

Published On 13 Nov 202613 Nov 2026

  • US air regulators have issued a nationwide ground stop for departing flights at 3:54pm EST (2054 GMT), citing a communications problem affecting air traffic control towers.
  • Federal Aviation Administration said “technicians are investigating the issue”.

 

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