Wetin we know about US ground stop wey affect thousands of flights and wat to do if you dey affected Wetin we call dis Video, US ground stop caused by 'incredibly old air traffic control system', Duffy say Author, Grace Eliza Goodwin Published 24 minutes wey don pass Read am in 4 mins Di US Federal Aviation Administration don lift di longest nationwide ground stop of flights since di 11 September 2001 attacks. Di FAA say Friday stoppage, wey last more dan four hours, na "due to extraordinary circumstances" from communication issue wey affect all air traffic control centres. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin say no indication of cyber-attack and say evribodi dey safe.
Dis na wetin we know. How many flights dey affected for di ground stop? Di ground stop lead to more dan 8,500 delay and nearly 8,000 cancelled flights on Friday, according to FlightAware.
Di FAA initial announcement at 15:54 EST (20:54 GMT) say all flights departing within di US go dey grounded until further notice. More dan 3,500 airplanes dey for air at di time. Some dey diverted to oda airports and odas fly on to dia destinations.
Hours later, some flights dey allowed to take off from San Francisco International airport. Di Federal Aviation Administration open skies again at until 20:15 EST. Wetin we call dis Video, 'We go get home one day' - US travellers impacted by nationwide ground stop Wat about international flights?
All US-bound air traffic from Eurocontrol member states dey suspended. E get 42 Eurocontrol member states, including dozens of EU nations, the UK and Turkey, as well as Israel and Morocco. Passengers travelling from di UK collect warning of possible disruption on Saturday morning.
A number of flights to di US from Heathrow airport dey cancelled and delayed, but Manchester airport say no significant disruption dey expected. Flights dey operate as normal from Gatwick airport. Australia largest international airport, Sydney, ground all US-bound flights, but scheduled flights now dey expected to depart as planned.
Air Canada also cancel flights between di US and Canada. Wen normal service resume? US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy say for news conference on Friday night say di outage go cause a ripple effect for a few days.
"E go to take us some time to unwind wetin happun dis afternoon," Duffy say. Tens of thousands of pipo dey stranded for airports around di kontri, many of dem "without any knowledge of wia dem go sleep tonight", Duffy say. Delta Air Lines and United Airlines say dem go resume operations.
American Airlines say e dey "focused on operating as many remaining flights as possible dis evening". JetBlue say e go resume flights on Saturday morning. British Airways, wey get few US-bound flights wey dey affected, advised passengers to check dia flight status but to travel to di airport as planned.
Wia dis foto come from, EPA Wetin we call dis foto, Luggage from cancelled flights at Ronald Reagan airport Wat cause di ground stop? Duffy say legacy air traffic control communications system become overloaded. "So dis na analogue telecom.
Our switches, our routers actually dey overloaded wit data and dem go down," Duffy say. E say dis don affect communications and radar. Di system need a complete overhaul, e say, estimating a $50bn price tag.
"E go continue to fail," e say. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin tell di news conference say e get "zero evidence" say na cyber-attack. E also rule out any link to di global Microsoft outage wey begin on Thursday.
Mullin say di introduction of some new technology into old air traffic control system bin overwhelmed am. Both cabinet secretaries insist say di public no dey in danger during di stoppage. Wen di last ground stop happun?
Na di second of such nationwide stoppage since di immediate aftermath of di al-Qaeda plane hijackings of 11 September 2001. "Dis look like di worst since 9/11, but clearly not on dat scale," Dr Guy Gratton, one associate professor of aviation at Cranfield University, tell BBC Verify. Gratton point to a US grounding for 2023 due to a failure in di Notice to Air Missions (Notam) system.
"Dat last up to 1 hour and 52 minutes, delayed about 9,500 flights and cancelled about 1,300," he said. Di 2023 outage mean air traffic safety notices no fit longer dey published and flights dey grounded until dat system dey restored.
Source: BBC
