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U.S. flight disruption continued after Friday’s nationwide ground stop ended.

Asharq News reported that the FAA stopped flights nationwide on Friday because of a communications fault in the air traffic control system, lifting the stop that evening. The fault affected 17 of 22 air traffic control centers serving routes, but reopening air traffic did not immediately restore airline schedules: carriers had to reposition aircraft and crews, while some crews reached their permitted duty-hour limits, sustaining cancellations and delays. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said maintenance work, including a change from copper wiring to fiber-optic cables, led to unusual data flow that overloaded network routers. Investigators were still determining whether the problem was caused by maintenance or equipment installation, or by a router fault; authorities reported no evidence of a cyberattack. The FAA forecast that schedules would return to normal by the end of Sunday.

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