The ground stop prevented planes from taking off for four hours on Friday.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday evening lifted a nearly five-hour nationwide ground stop that had prevented US airports from allowing domestic flights to depart, stranding travelers and causing thousands of flight cancellations. Airports reported massive delays and overcrowding, with a snowball effect that left airlines scrambling to reposition equipment and staff, and caused airline stock prices to plummet.
The FAA said it had ordered the nationwide ground stop on all departing flights “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety.”…
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