🛡 US authorities investigate whether AI caused nationwide flight ground stop
On November 13 at 23:54 MSK, the FAA ordered a ground stop at all US airports — the third such incident in history. More than 3,500 aircraft were in the air, and takeoffs resumed after more than four hours. According to FlightAware, over 7,700 flights were canceled on Friday.
🌍 Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blames router overload in the "extremely old" air traffic control system, but Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin ordered an investigation into the role of the AI platform SMART, which was connected just three days before the accident. Developer Air Space Intelligence stated that the outage is not related to SMART.
👤 Planning flights to the US for the weekend — check your flight status: more than 2,000 flights have already been canceled for Saturday, and United and Southwest have introduced penalty-free rebooking.
Source 1: https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/13/us/live-news/flights-ground-stop-faa Source 2: https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/statements/general-statements