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Flights grounded nationwide as FAA’s notice system suffers outage [Updated]

Enlarge / As of 7:30 am Eastern, all domestic flights have been grounded due to a NOTAM outage. Getty Images reader comments 156 with 0 posters participating Share this story Update 9:20 am ET: The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted the ground stop order issued earlier this morning. In a tweet, the FAA said that… Read More »

FAA clears Boeing 777 and other planes after 5G warning halted some flights

Enlarge / A Boeing 777. reader comments 9 with 8 posters participating Share this story The Federal Aviation Administration today said it has cleared 62 percent of US commercial airplanes to perform low-visibility landings at airports where AT&T and Verizon are deploying 5G on C-band spectrum this week. Several international airlines previously canceled some flights… Read More »

Ajit Pai and Tom Wheeler agree: The FAA is behaving badly in battle against FCC

Enlarge / Then-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler (L) and FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai talk before testifying to the House Judiciary Committee on March 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. reader comments 51 with 42 posters participating Share this story Six former chairs of the Federal Communications Commission yesterday criticized the Federal Aviation Administration’s fight against… Read More »