US carriers canceled roughly 4,000 additional flights, adding to ongoing disruptions across the air travel system. The FAA has publicly denied that a newly deployed AI system contributed to the cancellations, countering speculation linking the technology to the delays.
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· 2026-11-14
The FAA lifted a four-hour nationwide ground stop that followed a communications failure affecting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers, which caused nearly 5,000 flight cancellations and about 10,000 delays. Officials said the disruption traced to a network router issue that spread nationwide, and found no evidence linking it to a cyberattack or to Microsoft's recent service outages.
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· 2026-11-14