CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a ground stop for all flights nationwide Friday “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety.”
Malcolm Abram, a cleveland.com reporter, was on a United flight 679 from Cleveland Hopkins Airport to Los Angeles on Friday afternoon when the pilot announced the grounding.
Abram said the pilot cited a concern about a “middle frequency radio band” and was “trying to keep us in the loop” but had little more to share…