Flights stopped across US due to ‘extraordinary circumstances’, FAA says

The US Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide on Friday afternoon. The FAA notice said the ground stop was being imposed “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety”.

However, the government didn’t provide any details about the reason. This is the first nationwide ground stop since January 2023, when a key FAA computer system malfunctioned.

Before that, the last time had been after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.