Ground stop shows "we have to get off old network," Duffy says
· World · CBS News
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated that authorities must replace aging telecommunication networks following a major outage that forced the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a rare nationwide ground stop. The disruption on Friday triggered thousands of flight cancellations and stranded travelers at airports across the United States. Officials reported that FAA contractor L3Harris Technologies performed maintenance updates in El Dorado, Arkansas, to replace copper lines with fiber optic connections, during which a router flooded and overloaded the system. Duffy noted that a second issue also occurred at a facility in Amarillo, Texas, where work had been conducted weeks earlier. The FBI is providing support as investigators work to determine the root cause of the network failure.
Why it matters
Air travelers face severe disruptions and safety vulnerabilities when critical civil aviation infrastructure relies on aging telecommunication architecture.
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