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U.S. Flight Halt Followed Air-Traffic UpgradeFederal officials linked Friday’s hourslong nationwide flight halt to a copper-to-fiber upgrade; the specific cause of the fault remained unknown.
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- On Friday, the FAA ordered a rare nationwide flight halt lasting several hours after communications failures at multiple facilities.
- L3Harris carried out the upgrade at an unidentified remote site; federal officials said a router generated more than 1,000 connection requests every four to five seconds.
- Duffy said officials had not determined whether the router or installation was at fault; Bedford reported no evidence of a cyberattack or AI involvement.
- By 5:45 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, more than 5,600 U.S. departures scheduled for that day had been canceled despite the system’s return Friday evening; Bedford expected normal operations by Sunday night.
“We haven’t determined what the fault was. We’re going to hold people accountable.”— U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, at a news conference about the investigation into the flight shutdown and contractor L3Harris’s role.
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