FAA Tests 2 Routers After 4-Hour Ground Stop Hit 15,000 Flights
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 15
FAA Tests 2 Routers After 4-Hour Ground Stop Hit 15,000 Flights
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 15
Summary
Two routers removed from FAA facilities in Texas and Arkansas are undergoing deep diagnostic testing as investigators focus on faulty equipment or an installation error behind Friday's nationwide ground stop.
More than four hours of halted air traffic followed intermittent communications and radar gaps during L3Harris work to replace aging copper wiring with fiber-optic lines in the FAA network.
No evidence of a foreign cyberattack has emerged, Duffy said, though the FBI and other federal partners remain involved after President Donald Trump convened agencies to check for malicious interference.
3,798 flights were delayed and 1,638 canceled by noon Sunday after roughly 15,000 flights were disrupted over two days; Atlanta and Dallas Fort Worth were among the hardest hit airports.
Duffy said the outage exposed an FAA telecom system built on 1980s architecture and renewed his push for congressional funding for a new network, a request Democrats are already questioning.