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Maintenance gone awry caused nation-wide ground stop, says Transportation Secretary

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy points blame toward contractor in explaining Friday's nation-wide aviation ground stop.

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  1. NewsNation

    Duffy blames contractor work for FAA ground stop

    FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford says flights should be back to normal by Sunday.

  2. Just the News

    FAA contractor responds to Duffy suggesting their error contributed to ground stop

    "With safety and reliability as our highest priorities, L3Harris, together with its telco partners and the FAA, has completed more than 70% of the planned…

  3. Breitbart

    Duffy Says 'Operations Are Slowly Returning to Normal' After FAA Grounded Flights

    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that "operations are slowly returning to normal" after the FAA grounded flights on Friday. The post Duffy Says…

  4. Gothamist

    Gov. Hochul calls on Duffy to resign after FAA meltdown grounds nation's flights

    New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Kathryn Garcia, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Gov. Kathy Hochul and U.S. Secretary…

  5. NPR

    Maintenance gone awry caused nation-wide ground stop, says Transportation Secretary

    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy points blame toward contractor in explaining Friday's nation-wide aviation ground stop.

  6. The Independent

    Trump blames US ground stop outage on ‘old broken stuff’ as Duffy points finger at contractor

    Duffy said officials were investigating whether contractor ‘incompetence’ or a faulty router was the cause of the meltdown

  7. CNBC

    Nationwide ground stop followed contractor upgrade to L3Harris telecommunication system: DOT’s Duffy

    The FAA ground stop came after updates to an older communication system managed by L3Harris Technologies, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Saturday.

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