Losing communications and surveillance at the same time ‘disturbing,’ analyst says. Live updates on U.S. travel issues

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The circumstances behind the grounding of U.S. air traffic, prompting thousands of cancelled flights around the world, are being called by an aviation analyst “disturbing.”

The circumstances behind the grounding of U.S. air traffic, prompting thousands of cancelled flights around the world, are being called by an aviation analyst “disturbing.” The loss of both voice communication and surveillance data during routine maintenance of an aging telecommunications system is something the industry will learn from, former flight controls engineer Peter Lemme told CTV News Channel Saturday. Faulty equipment in an “incredibly old” telecommunication system may have caused an air traffic control issue, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said earlier in the day.

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