{"id":51549,"date":"2026-11-14T02:34:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T01:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/faa-ground-stop-heres-why-sources-say-it-happened-according-to-reports\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T02:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T01:34:47","slug":"faa-ground-stop-heres-why-sources-say-it-happened-according-to-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/faa-ground-stop-heres-why-sources-say-it-happened-according-to-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA ground stop: Here\u2019s why sources say it happened, according to reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sources say that Friday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/faa-ground-stop-updates-what-we-know\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">nationwide ground stop<\/a>, which resulted in massive delays for thousands of flights and nearly all domestic travelers, was caused by a communication system reboot, CBS News reports. <\/p>\n<p>According to multiple sources with knowledge of the incident, an update to a private communications network used by air traffic controllers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/faa-issues-nationwide-ground-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">forced the system to reboot and impede communications<\/a> at the nation&#8217;s 22 regional air traffic control centers, CBS News reported. <\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has not yet provided details on the cause and the ground stop remains in place as of publishing.<\/p>\n<p>As recently as 6 p.m. ET, insiders reported the FAA was still investigating the circumstances behind the communication blackout.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/faa-nationwide-ground-stop-why\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sources say that Friday&#8217;s nationwide ground stop, which resulted in massive delays for thousands of flights and nearly all domestic travelers, was caused by a communication system reboot, CBS News reports. According to multiple sources with knowledge of the incident, an update to a private communications network used by air traffic controllers forced the system<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":51550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-51549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tech","tag-mixtv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}