U.S flights will take to the skies once again after a communications issue forced them to stay grounded across the country on Friday.
It was shortly before 4 p.m. Easter Time on Friday when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the stoppage, and they lifted it around 8:30 p.m. ET.
According to multiple reports, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters that the outage was caused by old technology that was overloaded by recent upgrades.
By then, thousands of flights had been canceled or delayed. Although, some international flights were allowed to depart during the stoppage on a case-by-case basis.
It will likely take days for flights and airlines to get back to normal.
Canadian flights impacted
Tiffany Chase, spokesperson with the Halifax Stanfield airport, said they only had a few flights heading to the U.S. that were impacted, since the airport has fewer flights to the U.S. this time of year.
But she says any passengers should get the most up to date information directly from their airline.
Second ground stop in U.S. since 9/11
This is the second time all flights in the country have been grounded since the attacks on the Twin Towers on Sept. 11. The last time was in 2023, when the FAA halted flights for less than two hours, according to multiple reports.
