Thousands of flights canceled as airlines work to recover from nationwide ground stop

The nationwide stop was the first since January 2023, when another key Federal Aviation Administration computer system that sends notices to pilots malfunctioned, and the second since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Airlines canceled thousands of flights across the U.S. on Saturday as they worked to recover from the longest nationwide ground stop in 25 years that left passengers scrambling for seats and disrupted travel around the world. The nationwide stop was the first since January 2023, when a key FAA computer system that sends notices to pilots malfunctioned, and the second since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted its nationwide ground stop that has caused cancellations for thousands of flights across the country.

It is still unsure when airports will be fully back up and running. NBC News' Tom Costello reviews the White House briefing on the topic.

PBS NewsHour reported the story as "Thousands of flights canceled as airlines work to recover from nationwide ground stop." Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the story as "US air travel schedule should recover from ground stop by the end of Sunday, FAA says."

Coverage is split across the political spectrum: 3 left-leaning outlets, 2 right-leaning outlets. One News compares the framing across these sources rather than amplifying any single outlet's interpretation.

5 sources have covered this story, including Las Vegas Review-Journal, PBS NewsHour, The Globe and Mail and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and 1 other outlet. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 8 hours ago.

Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 25, 2023,); the published One News summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.