For reasons unclear other than vaguely about an equipment failure, the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday ordered an immediate ground halt to all flights nationwide, Axios reports.
“DUE TO EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND FOR REASONS OF SAFETY. ATTENTION ALL AIRCRAFT OPERATORS, BY ORDER OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION COMMAND CENTER ALL AIRPORTS ARE GROUND STOPPED. ALL DEPARTING TRAFFIC SHOULD REMAIN GROUND STOPPED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. INBOUND INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS WILL BE MANAGED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS,” said the NOTAM sent out everywhere right during the pre-weekend rush hour.
We were to understand that this sort of thing – and the collision between an oil tanker and a river cruise ship near New Orleans earlier – wasn’t supposed to happen now that Sean Duffy was in charge and all the DEI hires had been purged from American transportation infrastructure.