Grounded planes, stranded passengers and outdated systems: A telecommunications outage brought air traffic across the United States to a standstill on Friday, forcing authorities to halt all departures nationwide and disrupting travel for more than a million people.
While officials said there was no indication of a security threat, the incident exposed vulnerabilities in America’s aging air traffic control infrastructure.
Flights eventually resumed, but delays have continued to ripple across the US and beyond, renewing calls for billions of dollars in upgrades to prevent future disruptions.
Source: www.dw.com
