FAA

A long red-brick and glass Federal Aviation Administration building behind a chain-link fence, with antennas and a lattice tower on the roof, an American flag on a pole and a blue FAA sign at the gate, under a cloudy sky.

Friday's Nationwide Ground Stop Began With a Telecommunications Outage. The FAA's Own Estimate Puts Its Telecom Rebuild $1.16 Billion Short.

The Federal Aviation Administration halted departures at every U.S. airport from 3:54 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Eastern time on Friday, 13 November, after what it called a temporary telecommunications outage at several air route traffic control centres. Thousands of flights were cancelled and delays ran into the weekend. The cause has not been fully explained.

By Alison Acosta 10 hours ago

A white multi-storey airport building with "Daniel K. Inouye International Airport" in black letters and "Aloha" in pink script, topped by a glass-walled control cab with antennas and an American flag against a clear blue sky.

The Numbers

U.S. Airlines Had 37 Accidents in the First Ten Months of 2025, the Most Since at Least 2008. The Count for 2026 Is 20.

The National Transportation Safety Board's accident database lists 20 accidents on U.S. airline flights between January and October 2026, against 37 in the same months of 2025. No one aboard an airliner has died in a U.S. airline accident this year. Five people on the ground died when a cargo jet overran a runway in Miami in September.

By Thomas Gutierrez 34 hours ago

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Friday's Nationwide Ground Stop Began With a Telecommunications Outage. The FAA's Own Estimate Puts Its Telecom Rebuild $1.16 Billion Short.

U.S. Airlines Had 37 Accidents in the First Ten Months of 2025, the Most Since at Least 2008. The Count for 2026 Is 20.