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All departing US flights grounded due to 'extraordinary circumstances'
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Manchester Evening News, ABC News, WalesOnline, The Straits Times World, South China Morning Post Asia, CBC World, The Hill, and NBC News Top Stories are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 13 Nov 2026, 21:09 UTC. 13 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “All departing US flights grounded due to 'extraordinary circumstances'”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered a nationwide ground stop at all US airports due to an air traffic control outage affecting communication across every Air Route Traffic Control Centre
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by NBC News Top Stories
Ground stop ordered for all airports nationwide for ‘reasons of safety’
- New development reported by The Hill
- New development reported by ABC Australia
Breaking: US aviation administration orders grounding of all flights
- New development reported by CBC World
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issues national ground stop
- New development reported by South China Morning Post Asia
All US flights grounded due to communication issues: Markwayne Mullin
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
All US flights grounded due to communication issues: homeland security head
- New development reported by South China Morning Post Asia
Flights grounded across US due to ‘extraordinary circumstances’, FAA says
- Picked up by The Straits Times World
US FAA grounds all departing flights due to extraordinary circumstance, safety reasons
- Picked up by WalesOnline
All departing US flights grounded due to 'extraordinary circumstances'
- Picked up by ABC News
Rare nationwide ground stop ordered at airports over communication issues: FAA
- Picked up by ABC News
FAA issues rare nationwide ground stop; no indication of 'nefarious attack'
- Picked up by Manchester Evening News
US flights LIVE as FAA grounds travel over 'extraordinary circumstances'
- New development reported by Manchester Evening News
US flights LIVE as Manchester 'likely to be affected' as flights cancelled
Same story, different outlets
8 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- Manchester Evening NewsUS flights LIVE as Manchester 'likely to be affected' as flights cancelled
- ABC NewsFAA issues rare nationwide ground stop; no indication of 'nefarious attack'
- WalesOnlineAll departing US flights grounded due to 'extraordinary circumstances'
- The Straits TimesUS FAA grounds all departing flights due to extraordinary circumstance, safety reasons
- South China Morning PostAll US flights grounded due to communication issues: homeland security head
- CBCU.S. Federal Aviation Administration issues national ground stop
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- The HillFAA orders nationwide ground stop
- NBC News Top StoriesGround stop ordered for all airports nationwide for ‘reasons of safety’