Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated that the ground stop was not triggered by a security risk. “This is a telecom interruption out of the FAA. Out of an abundance of care, we have actually grounded all of the flights,” Mullin stated. “There’s no indicator since yet that this is a dubious attack versus us.”

Mullin had actually stated the FAA would deal with inbound global flights on a case-by-case basis.

This was just the 3rd across the country ground stop released by the FAA. The very first, and the majority of remarkable, came throughout the attacks of September 11, 2001, when the FAA stopped all civilian departures across the country and consequently bought all air-borne airplane to land. Business flights did not remove once again till September 13. Flights were likewise grounded for less than 2 hours the early morning of January 11, 2023, after its Notice to Air Missions system suffered a blackout.

For tourists, it turned out to be a prolonged ground stop. Airline companies fasted to cancel flights set up to leave later on in the day, with American Airlines alerting that interruptions were anticipated for the remainder of the day.

“This is going to spend some time,” Mullin stated. “Flights are represented, and there ought to be no worry to the general public at all.”

This story was upgraded at 10:03 pm EST to report the ground stop was raised.