FAA Lifts Nationwide Ground Stop On Flights

Flights are set to depart again.

On Monday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a ground stop at all US airports “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety.”

The statement also said, “All departing traffic should remain ground stopped until further notice.”

A few hours later, the ground stop was lifted, with the FAA saying the stop was due to a “telecommunication outage.”

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy attributed the ground stop to outdated air traffic control technology and routers overloaded by data.

“What we have  is an incredibly old air traffic control system… Our routers actually got overloaded with data and … they started to give us inconsistency in the data from those routers, and because of that, we shut the system down.”

For the world of wrestling, there are a number of events this weekend across North America, including AEW Full Gear in Arizona and TNA Destination X in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

WWE SmackDown is in Florida on Friday and there is a NXT live event loop in the midwest, which is set to feature main roster talent on Saturday and Sunday.