I started a thread for the FAA snafu
And here it is.
The ground stop has now been lifted. But what was that all about?:
Domestic US flights are being allowed to depart again after federal officials issued an hourslong ground stop due to safety concerns from a telecommunications outage. The issue stemmed from a problem with network routers that cascaded nationwide, an airline source said.
• Travel nightmare: An estimated 1.5 million people were stranded by flight cancellations, according to analysis by the data firm Cirium. The skies emptied as flights that were already in the air came in for landing and the ground stop dragged on for more than four hours.
• No known threat: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the ground stop did not stem from a threat to the US and was not linked to this week’s disruptive Microsoft outage. Preliminary reports indicate this was not a cyberattack, law enforcement sources told CNN.
Believe? Disbelieve?
Disbelieve. My wife who spent her career in DoD, now DoW said too many pieces going together. Refrigerator attack, Bessent sent to a military base to live, MS going down, and now this. She said she’s withdrawing cash tomorrow as we dont have much on hand.
This is a woman who downplays just about everything and poo poos most ideas of anything resembling conspiracy etc. She shocked me tonight. She also said the government is not going to admit to any attacks.