I was flying when the FAA grounded all flights. Everything was chaos, and I got stuck on the tarmac for hours.

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I learned about the ground stop at 35,000 feet. It was scary not knowing if it was AI related or a cyberattack.

I spend a huge portion of my life on airplanes as a frequent traveler and journalist, so I'm used to the usual delays, missed connections, and last-minute flight changes that come with commercial air travel. But I have never experienced anything like the crippling air traffic control outage on Friday, November 13, that displaced thousands of passengers and crews and canceled over 12,500 flights. I had been at cruising altitude, flying back from a vacation in the Caribbean island of Curaçao toward my home in Salt Lake City, when the Federal Aviation Administration halted departing flights across the entire US.

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