All flights in the United States are grounded until further notice “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety,” the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

The FAA issued the ground stop “following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers,” Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said in a social media post. “FAA technicians are investigating the issue.”

Air Route Traffic Control Centers are regional facilities that handle flights going across the country.

“Traffic should remain ground stopped until further notice,” the FAA said in an advisory. “International flights will be managed on a case by case basis.”

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    • AI / Incompetence?
    • A diversion?
    • A test of something worse?
    • Disruption of group or person hidden in the chaos?

    Everything is on the table with this crooked admin…

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      all of the above? or at least the first three. a fake outage to cause panic. muskrat or ratman will swoop in with an ‘ai’ powered ‘‘fix’’ that’ll only cost 2 billion 20 billion 200 billion and it still won’t work right.