USA: Half a country on the ground.
On the evening of November 13, a large-scale communication failure occurred between control centers in the United States. The FAA has urgently banned all flights from airports across the country.
Airplanes in the air - landed, new ones - did not take off.
International flights decided on a personal basis.
This is only the second case of a national flight suspension since September 11, 2001 (the previous one was in January 2023).
Almost at the same time, the US National Weather Service reported problems with the Internet and communication - websites may not open or display outdated data.
The day before, November 12, Microsoft was down for more than a day: Outlook, Teams, Copilot. Affected government agencies, banks and airlines worldwide - more than 7.4 million complaints about Downdetector.
Whether the failures are related is not officially known. Microsoft denies cyber attack. US authorities say there are no signs of a terrorist attack, but do not rule out the possibility of a cyber attack.