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Flightradar24, a global flight tracking service, posted this snapshot of 3,100 aircraft bound for U.S. airports as the nationwide ground stop began. Image: Flightradar24 via X

The chaos from the FAA’s nationwide ground stop continues today, with nearly 3,500 flights already canceled as airlines played catch-up.

Why it matters: Millions of travelers will be inconvenienced over what the government says was simply old technology that couldn’t keep up with modern upgrades.

The Friday the 13th ground stop, the longest since 9/11, lasted 4 hours, 21 minutes — from 3:54 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. ET.

FlightAware reported more than 6,000 cancellations yesterday. Passengers waiting for rebooking formed huge lines in airport lounges.

At a White House briefing last night, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the ground stop was issued after outdated air traffic control communications equipment suffered from “overloaded data, and they went down.

“Duffy said the problems weren’t linked to a new AI-powered system the FAA is rolling out: “This is all the old legacy equipment. All of the new equipment that’s been deployed did not go down.

“Duffy spent much of the press conference pushing Congress for more funding — $50 billion — for upgrades. He said similar problems could occur again without more money.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin added that officials are looking into incompatibilities between that older equipment and newer technology currently being installed.

Mullin said there’s no evidence that the problems were tied to a cyberattack.

But Duffy and Mullin didn’t specify the exact initial cause of the problems.

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