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Ground stop lifted after hourslong halt to US departures snarls air travel nationwide

Ground stop lifted after hourslong halt to US departures snarls air travel nationwide
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By Dalia Faheid, Kit Maher Domestic US flights are being allowed to depart again after federal officials issued an hourslong ground stop due to safety concerns from a telecommunications outage. The issue stemmed from a problem with network routers that cascaded nationwide, an airline source said....

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