Online, theories had been circulating about the end of the world happening today (Friday, November 13) or a global blackout on November 17.
Curiously, between yesterday and today, strange events have taken place. Microsoft experienced disruptions on a global scale, with all its services brought to a standstill due to an alleged technical failure.
Today, the 13th, thousands of flights (departures only) were also affected across all US states, with around 44,000 flights impacted.
US aviation regulators issued a nationwide ground stop for departing flights, citing a communications problem affecting air traffic control towers.
FAA technicians are investigating the problem, but say it was not a cyberattack.
"We lost all frequencies and all automated systems for transferring control and tracking flights," said an air traffic controller in a radio communication captured by the ATC.com website.
The last time the United States ordered a nationwide flight ground stop was in January 2023, when a failure in the system used to notify pilots forced the FAA to suspend departures across the country.
Before that, the last similar measure had been adopted in September 2001, following the September 11 attacks, when US airspace was closed for security reasons.
Source: CNN
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