US Air Traffic System Failure Grounds Flights, Strands Thousands

A communications failure disrupted US air traffic control, causing widespread flight suspensions and passenger chaos. Authorities have ruled out malicious attack, but the incident echoes a similar January 2023 outage, highlighting persistent vulnerabilities in the aging air traffic system. The government is under renewed pressure to modernize infrastructure.

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