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US Flights Resume After Pause
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration halted departures from airports across the country for nearly four hours after a glitch in radar and communications data appeared at 3:36 p.m., while more than 3,500 aircraft were in the air. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed the disruption on aging switches and routers that were overloaded, stressing that it was not a cyberattack and that aircraft landed safely, with critical flights exempted. The halt was lifted at 8:15 p.m., but delays and cancellations disrupted travel and left around 1.5 million people stranded, according to CNN. Duffy urged Congress to allocate $50 billion to modernize the air traffic control system.
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