US airports halt flights over air traffic control communication issues

Washington: The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide Friday afternoon for just the second time since the September 11 attacks, with officials citing “extraordinary circumstances” caused by communications problems at regional air traffic control centres. The nation’s top homeland security official attributed the problem to a telecommunications outage and said there was no indication […]

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