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The all-caps in this title is a bit much. From Bloomberg: “The Federal Aviation Administration issues ground stops routinely to ensure airports and high-altitu
by frakkingcylons 5y ago
The all-caps in this title is a bit much. From Bloomberg:
“The Federal Aviation Administration issues ground stops routinely to ensure airports and high-altitude flight paths remain orderly. They can occur for weather, volcanic eruptions or any number of reasons. On Monday afternoon, for example, the FAA ordered a brief halt to flights in the central region of the U.S. as a result of aircraft volume related to the college football championship game in Indianapolis.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-11/flights-at-u-s-airports-halted-during-north-korea-missile-test https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-11/flights-a...
- jjwiseman 5y agoI think this is a bit different. This was a very sudden, multi-region (4 Air Route Traffic Control Centers: Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles, Honolulu) ground stop with controllers telling pilots they could not continue maneuvering and had to land because of a national security threat, and maybe they'd be scrambling fighters[1]. I think some of that is just controller speculation, but at the very least they didn't think it was at all routine. [1] https://twitter.com/thenewarea51/status/1480982996337496067 https://twitter.com/thenewarea51/status/1480982996337496067