FAA SHUTDOWN SENDS DELAYS ACROSS ASIA AS AIR INDIA AND OTHER CARRIERS WARN OF U.S. FLIGHT DISRUPTIONS
A nationwide FAA ground stop in the United States has sent disruptions across international airline networks, with Air India warning passengers of possible delays and Cathay Pacific, Korean Air and Asiana among Asian carriers affected by the fallout. The FAA halted departing flights across the United States on Friday after communications problems affected air traffic control centers, before reopening the airspace at 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time. Thousands of cancellations and delays left aircraft and crews out of position, creating knock-on effects that continued into Saturday even after the nationwide restriction was lifted. U.S. officials said there was no evidence of a cyberattack and linked the breakdown to overloaded routers and aging air traffic control infrastructure.