USA-Flight Disruption/Impact

U.S. flight disruption drags into weekend after nationwide ground stop

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  • ID : 8508370
  • Dateline : Nov 13, 2026/File
  • Location : United States
  • Category : Other
  • Duration : 2'10
  • Audio Language : English/Nats
  • Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2026-11-15 13:20
  • Last Modified : 2026-11-15 17:23:38
  • Version : 2
  • ID : 8508370
  • Dateline : 13 nov. 2026/Archives
  • Location : États-Unis
  • Category : Other
  • Duration : 2'10
  • Audio Language : Anglais/Nats
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
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  • Published : 2026-11-15 16:44
  • Last Modified : 2026-11-15 17:23:38
  • Version : 2
  • ID : 8508370
  • Dateline : 13 nov. 2026/Archivo
  • Location : Estados Unidos
  • Category : Other
  • Duration : 2'10
  • Audio Language : Inglés/Nats
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No acceso a la parte continental de China
  • Published : 2026-11-15 16:31
  • Last Modified : 2026-11-15 17:23:38
  • Version : 2

USA-Flight Disruption/Impact

U.S. flight disruption drags into weekend after nationwide ground stop

Dateline : Nov 13, 2026/File

Location : United States

Duration : 2'10

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New York City, USA - Nov 13, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Passengers getting off vehicles; traffic outside airport
2. Various of passengers outside airport
3. SOUNDBITE (English) passenger (name not given):
"I checked my flights this morning and everything was showing up as on time and on schedule. So I came to the airport and then about an hour before boarding found out my flight was canceled and that Southwest had rebooked me for a flight two days from now on Monday."
4. Passengers checking flight information on phone
5. SOUNDBITE (English) passenger (name not given):
"My wife told me to enjoy two more nights in New York City. I'd rather be home this weekend, to be honest, but I'm just trying to find a place to stay. The airline's not compensating anybody for anything, so I'm trying to book a room to stay in right now."

FILE: New York City, USA - March 23, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Electronic sign showing LaGuardia Airport closed
7. Passenger entering airport terminal
8. Various of passengers, self-service ticket kiosks
9. Various of stranded passengers
10. Various of flight information display showing canceled flights
11. Airport staff
12. Baggage carousels
13. Airport terminal interior seen from glass wall
14. Various of road, vehicles outside of airport terminal


More than a million passengers have faced continued disruption into the weekend after a nationwide ground stop halted U.S. flights, with airlines canceling thousands of services and scrambling to reposition planes and crews.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted the ground stop on Friday evening after hours of disruption, but cancellations and delays are expected through the weekend.

More than 15,000 flights have been canceled so far, according to flight tracking service FlightAware. The four-hour nationwide grounding was the third of its kind in modern U.S. aviation history.

New York area airports were among the hardest hit. About 80 percent of flights were canceled at LaGuardia Airport, and nearly half at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

One passenger at LaGuardia described learning of the cancellation an hour before boarding.

"I checked my flights this morning and everything was showing up as on time and on schedule. So I came to the airport and then about an hour before boarding found out my flight was canceled and that Southwest had rebooked me for a flight two days from now on Monday," he said.

Asked what he would do for the next few days, the passenger said he was looking for a place to stay.

"My wife told me to enjoy two more nights in New York City. I'd rather be home this weekend, to be honest, but I'm just trying to find a place to stay. The airline's not compensating anybody for anything, so I'm trying to book a room to stay in right now," he said.

The passenger had checked other airlines and found everything booked out, and while he considered flying to Denver and driving the six to seven hours to Albuquerque, there were no flights to Denver until late the following night, so he decided to wait until Monday.

At a press conference Friday evening, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed the country's "incredibly old" air traffic control system for the ground stop and asked Congress for 50 billion U.S. dollars in emergency funding to overhaul the aging infrastructure.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who also spoke at the press conference, said there were no indications that a cyberattack was responsible.

The ground stop was the first since January 2023, when a key FAA computer system malfunctioned, and the second since the aftermath of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks.



ID : 8508370

Published : 2026-11-15 13:20

Last Modified : 2026-11-15 17:23:38

Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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