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US government grounds all flights across the United States ‘due to extraordinary circumstances’

TechCrunch · By Zack Whittaker ·

The Brief · written from 7 sources

  • The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop for all US airports after communication issues affected multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers.
  • The FAA described the stop as following "extraordinary circumstances" and called the issues "communication issues impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers."
  • According to a person familiar with the matter, the FBI does not believe the disruption was caused by a cyberattack or criminality, and is examining whether a software update caused it.

Why it matters

A nationwide halt to air traffic shows how a single failure in communications systems can ground an entire national network. The cause had not been officially confirmed in the sources, so engineers at aviation and critical-infrastructure organizations should follow the investigation's findings on whether a software update was responsible.

Who’s affected

  • Air travelers in the United States
  • Airlines and airports operating in the US
  • Teams building or operating air traffic control and aviation software

A spokesperson for the FAA told TechCrunch that it issued the ground stop "following communication issues impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers," which manage the airspace across the United States.

Read the full story at techcrunch.com ↗

Timeline

  1. FAA issues nationwide ground stop for all US airports following communication issues at multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers

  2. Reports say the FBI is probing whether a software update caused the outage and does not believe it was a cyberattack

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  5. SecurityWeek

    FAA Ground Stop Issued Due to ‘Extraordinary Circumstances’

  6. Techmeme

    The FAA issues a nationwide ground stop for all US airports following "communication issues impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers" (Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios)

  7. TechCrunch

    US government grounds all flights across the United States ‘due to extraordinary circumstances’

  8. Bloomberg Technology

    FBI Said to Probe Whether Software Update Caused Mass FAA Outage

  9. Techmeme

    Source: the FBI is probing whether the FAA outage was caused by a software update, and doesn't believe it was due to a cyberattack or criminality (Myles Miller/Bloomberg)

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