A rare measure, adopted for safety reasons, affects air traffic across the country.

(Staff: The Weekend Magazine)

The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States (FAA) ordered on Friday, November 13, 2026, to stop take-offs from American airports, citing “extraordinary circumstances” and safety reasons.

According to the authorities, a communications problem affects several regional air traffic control centers. Transport Secretary Sean Duffy has confirmed the situation, and the FAA technicians are trying to identify the cause of the breakdown.

The measure does not mean that all aircraft already in the air were forced to land immediately. Ongoing flights are managed by traffic controllers and international arrivals are treated individually.

It is an exceptional intervention, comparable in scope to the national shutdown of the January 2023 take-offs, caused then by a malfunction of the Pilot Notification Information System.

Passengers are advised to follow the airline ads and check the status of flights before traveling to the airport. At the time of publication, the exact cause of the problems and the duration of the restrictions were not yet established.

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