Thousands of US flights canceled, delayed as air travel system recovers from shutdown

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Saturday at a press conference that FAA contractor L3Harris was working at a remote location to convert copper to fiber.

Major airlines canceled or delayed more than 10,000 flights on Saturday as the United States sought to recover from the longest nationwide flight shutdown since the September 11, 2001, attacks.The FAA on Friday issued a nationwide ground stop that halted nearly all departing flights for almost five hours due to a massive communications failure, which forced airlines to cancel nearly 10,000 flights and delay more than 7,000 others in one of the worst travel days in US history.Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Saturday at a press conference that FAA contractor L3Harris was working at a remote location to convert copper to fiber.Technology upgrades may have caused disruptions"We're…

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