US air traffic outage lays bare infrastructure underinvestment, structural flaws in country’s political system: expert

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A massive, nearly five-hour shutdown of the US aviation system that has disrupted more than 20,000 flights since Friday may have been the fault of a single router installed by government contractor L3Harris, US government officials said Saturday, Reuters reported, calling the incident the latest and most dramatic sign of strain on a US air traffic control system.

Stranded passengers nap beside piles of luggage at Orlando International Airport in Florida on November 14, 2026 local time, following a massive, nearly five-hour shutdown of the US aviation system that has disrupted more than 20,000 flights since Friday. Photo: IC

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