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US airspace now 'opened up': transportation secretary
AFP, Washington
Published: 14 Nov 2026, 08:54 AM
A China Southern Cargo plane takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on November 13, 2026. The United States on Friday lifted an hours-long extremely rare ground stop of all flights at the nation's airports, with top officials explaining that the disruption was not due to a cyberattack or a sweeping Microsoft outage. Photo: AFP
The United States on Friday lifted an hours-long ground stop at the nation's airports, with top officials explaining that the disruption was not due to a cyberattack or a sweeping Microsoft outage.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that US airspace was now "opened up," and blamed "old hardware" for the travel chaos. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told reporters there was "no cyberattack" and "no connection between this and Microsoft."