Trump attributes US flight disruption to copper cables
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24, BFMTV and Maroc Diplomatique
More than 16,000 flights were cancelled on Friday and Saturday in the United States after an outage in the air traffic control telecommunications network, which led to an exceptional nationwide suspension of take-offs. The Trump administration attributed the disruption to ageing infrastructure, in particular the faulty replacement of old copper cables, according to France 24.
The telecommunications network outage of air traffic control prevented the rescheduling of 12,000 flights on Friday, of which around 9,000 were affected by the disruption, the FAA said. The nationwide suspension of take-offs led to the cancellation of more than 16,000 flights on Friday and Saturday.
Thousands of aircraft were affected by the outage, which also disrupted landings and hit tens of thousands of travellers. The Trump administration blames ageing infrastructure and the faulty replacement of old copper communication cables.
US officials expect services to return to normal on Sunday.
