Full FAA ground stop press conference: Trump White House addresses flight groundings, demands $50B
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The FAA has lifted a nationwide ground stop that left many thousands of travelers stranded at airports or scrambling to get home in rental cars, Amtrak trains and buses.
The agency made the announcement that the ground stop was canceled on its website around 8:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 13, more than four hours after the stoppage began.
Joined by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters at a White House press conference that outdated air traffic control technology was to blame for the communications outage that forced the FAA to ground flights across the country. HGe renewed President Donald Trump’s request for Congress to approve $30 billion to upgrade the nation’s air traffic control system – and increased the ask by $20 billion - for a total of $50B.
Mullin reiterated that the outage never posed a threat to the safety of the United States.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/11/13/faa-orders-nationwide-groundstop-at-us-airports-citing-safety/92765499007/
The agency made the announcement that the ground stop was canceled on its website around 8:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 13, more than four hours after the stoppage began.
Joined by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters at a White House press conference that outdated air traffic control technology was to blame for the communications outage that forced the FAA to ground flights across the country. HGe renewed President Donald Trump’s request for Congress to approve $30 billion to upgrade the nation’s air traffic control system – and increased the ask by $20 billion - for a total of $50B.
Mullin reiterated that the outage never posed a threat to the safety of the United States.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/11/13/faa-orders-nationwide-groundstop-at-us-airports-citing-safety/92765499007/
