U.S. Transportation Department is determining whether a nationwide ground stop was caused by faulty wiring or user error
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Transportation Department Secretary Sean Duffy blamed a federal contractor or faulty wiring for a nationwide ground stop that snarled air traffic and stranded 1 million air travelers Friday. L3 Harris workers were upgrading communication routers at a “remote location” when the system went down, Duffy said at a press conference Saturday.
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