Air Canada cancels Canada-US flights after FAA ground stop, Crypto Briefing reports
In brief
- FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop over a telecommunications failure, Crypto Briefing reported.
- Air Canada canceled all Canada-US flights for the evening, according to the report.
- FAA ground stop lasted more than four hours before being lifted.
- Delays and further cancellations continued after departures resumed.
- Officials saw no sign of a security threat, according to Crypto Briefing.
What happened
According to Crypto Briefing's report, the FAA implemented a nationwide ground stop because of a telecommunications failure. The report doesn't quote an FAA statement on the cause or the length of the stop.
The stop ran for more than four hours. It caused major disruption to air travel before it was lifted, the outlet said.
Air Canada's response was blunt. It canceled every flight between Canada and the US for the evening, per Crypto Briefing (the report doesn't cite a statement from the airline itself).
Delays didn't end with the restart
Lifting the stop didn't clear the backlog.
Departures resumed, but many flights still ran late and more were canceled, the outlet reported. Officials said the disruption came from a telecommunications outage and that there was no sign of a security threat, according to Crypto Briefing. The report doesn't name those officials.
Crypto Briefing summed up the night this way:
The ground stop, which lasted over four hours, disrupted air travel significantly, although it was ultimately lifted.
What's still unclear
Crypto Briefing described the situation as still changing. It said more cancellations or technical problems could follow, and it hasn't put a number on how many flights were affected beyond Air Canada's cross-border schedule.
That's where things stand for now.
