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FAA ground stop live updates: Duffy blames 'overloaded' routers; thousands of flights canceled
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Key Points:
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urged Congress to provide $50 billion in emergency funding to modernize the outdated air traffic control system following a nationwide ground stop caused by legacy network failures.
- Duffy attributed the incident to old infrastructure, including 1980s-era copper lines and outdated switches and routers, while noting that newly installed equipment remained operational.
- He indicated that delays and cancellations would continue for some time but expressed optimism that air traffic would improve by the next day and return to normal before Thanksgiving travel.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated there is no conclusive evidence of a cyberattack causing the outage, describing it as likely mechanical but emphasizing that investigations are ongoing.
