All flights suspended in the United States for "security reasons"

WashingtonThe Federal Aviation Administration has issued an order to suspend all domestic flights for all airports in the United States nationwide due to a “communication problem,” as reported this Friday by the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy.

“FAA technicians are investigating the problem,” stated Duffy, who says that they will provide updates on the situation based on the information they obtain.

The agency had previously published a notice indicating that “all airports are paralyzed,” citing “extraordinary circumstances and safety reasons” as motives. “All outbound air traffic must remain grounded until further notice,” says the official statement, which adds that international flight arrivals will be handled on a case-by-case basis.

The last time the FAA stopped all flights nationwide was in 2023, when files related to alert systems for communicating with pilots were accidentally deleted.

According to the flight tracking application Flighty, there were more than 30,000 flights scheduled for the rest of the day after the suspension order began shortly after 4 p.m., Washington time.