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jbredeche • yesterday at 9:21 PM • 8 replies • view on HN

On a plane about to take off and obviously we didn’t. The captain is very confused and says he doesn’t know what this means.


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smallerize • yesterday at 9:28 PM

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c6z9dwn12037t

> Transport Secretary Sean Duffy says the FAA "issued a nationwide ground stop for all US airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers.

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kevvok • yesterday at 9:40 PM

Same at SJC. The captain basically said, “IDK what to do, so I’m just going to read the bulletin Alaska sent out”

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condour75 • yesterday at 10:28 PM

We were offered $1500 to get on a later flight and I’m so glad I didn’t get to the counter on time to take them up on it. Saw the news reports a half hour before landing.

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_blackhawk_ • yesterday at 11:33 PM

Same here in PIT. Ubers are as much as my flight.

jsolson • yesterday at 9:59 PM

The flight crew on my LHR-SEA flight "still expects to land in the US." The lack of conviction in that expectation was audible. I don't get the impression that they're being told very much, but maybe that's literally a consequence of the "communication issues."

edit: we're on approach into Seattle, so apparently we were one of the happy cases of the "case-by-case basis."

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lacoolj • yesterday at 9:30 PM

Are you in the air now? Looks like it might be over but unclear really

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ssttoo • yesterday at 9:50 PM

Same here, LAX

downrightmike • yesterday at 10:17 PM

get a hotel room before you can't