US flight disruption continues after nationwide ban
About 3,500 flights were cancelled and 1,200 delayed in the US on Saturday after a nationwide flight ban the previous day, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded.
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Thousands of flights were cancelled or delayed across the United States on Saturday after a nationwide flight ban grounded air traffic for more than four hours on Friday, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded at airports.
About 3,500 flights had been cancelled and 1,200 delayed by Saturday, according to aviation data firm FlightAware. Nearly 22,600 domestic and international flights to and from the US were scheduled that day.
The Federal Aviation Administration imposed the ban after an ageing air-traffic-control communications system became overloaded. The disruption also led to the suspension of European flights to the US.
Transport Secretary Sean Duffy said on X that it remained safe to fly, but warned that further cancellations were possible as airlines including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines changed their schedules.
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