Approximately 3,100 aircraft bound for US airports remain in the air following a failure in air traffic control communication systems. This was reported by the flight-tracking service Flightradar24 on the social media platform X.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has halted departures from airports across the country. International flights are being handled on a case-by-case basis. US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy stated that the outage has affected communication systems at all regional air traffic control centers.
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