The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a stop to all domestic departures until 9 AM EST on Wednesday as the nation’s air traffic control software suffered a massive crash, CNBC reports.
UPDATE 1/11/2023 8:51 AM EST: The FAA announced a lift on the grounding, tweeting “Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the U.S. following an overnight outage to the Notice to Air Missions system that provides safety info to flight crews. The ground stop has been lifted. We continue to look into the cause of the initial problem.”