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When was the last time there was a nationwide ground stop?
By Ethan Brooks
Mullin: No indication of 'nefarious attack' on FAA as DHS investigates root cause of telecom outage
Sofia Morales
Sofia Morales
Reporter · Austin, TX
Sofia Morales specializes in covering tech policy and its implications for the community. A graduate of UT Austin with a focus on Political Science, she has experience writing for local government publications and tech advocacy groups for 6 years.
More from Sofia →Reporter · Friday, November 13, 2026 at 10:29 PM · 1 min read
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stressed that Americans flying Friday are safe, even as he said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would continue to seek the root cause of a telecom outage that pushed the government to ground flights. “This was a telecommunication outage throughout FAA,” Mullin said while fielding questions outside the White [...]
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