Why was the FAA not prepared for outage that caused nationwide ground stop? Sean Duffy’s responds.
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The FAA 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 Friday. The agency made the announcement more than four hours after the stoppage began.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters at the White House that outdated air traffic control technology was to blame for the communications outage that forced the FAA to ground flights across the country. He took questions at a White House press conference addressing the agency's response given Duffy's knowledge of an aging system and Duffy's calls for more funding from Congress.,
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters at the White House that outdated air traffic control technology was to blame for the communications outage that forced the FAA to ground flights across the country. He took questions at a White House press conference addressing the agency's response given Duffy's knowledge of an aging system and Duffy's calls for more funding from Congress.,
