New York City’s area airports have been impacted by Friday’s nationwide ground stop.
Flights are unable to take off at airports across the country, including at Newark Liberty International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport.
Officials call it “a temporary telecommunications outage”
Multiple sources told CBS News that the ground stop was put in place after an update to the private communications network that connects America’s air traffic control system caused it to reboot, which led to a communications outage.
“There has been a temporary telecommunications outage – out of an abundance of caution all flights have been halted. Every flight has been accounted for and international flights will be handled on a case by case basis,” the FAA posted on social media…