Thousands of flights cancelled as airlines work to dig out from nationwide ground stop
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November 14, 2026
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Airlines across the United States worked to recover from the longest nationwide ground stop in 25 years that cancelled more than 2,500 flights Saturday, spread ripple effects around the world, stranded passengers and forced pro and college sports teams to scramble for alternate transportation.
New technology being added to the nation’s air traffic control system overloaded antiquated equipment and caused “intermittent” communications and radar gaps, leading to the flight shutdown of more than four hours, Trump administration officials said.
Airports were slowly returning to normal, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said, with planes taking flight and landing.
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