The FAA has resumed full operations following a Friday outage that halted air traffic across the U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy highlighted the need for upgraded air traffic control systems, increasing the funding request to $50 billion. The outage was reportedly caused by maintenance on telecommunications lines, leading to thousands of flight cancellations and delays, with recovery expected by Sunday.
Key facts
- FAA systems are back to full operations after a Friday outage.
- Over 4,600 flights were canceled and over 13,000 delayed as of 11:30 am ET.
- The outage was caused by maintenance work on telecommunications lines.
- Duffy increased the funding request for upgrades to $50 billion.
- Bedford stated the current system will continue to break until replaced.
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