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Secretary responds to nationwide flight ground stop: incident unrelated to Microsoft, no cyberattack occurred, just outdated routers unable to handle traffic data overload
IT之家 November 14 news, after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the lifting of the nationwide flight ground stop order, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security 马克韦恩・穆林 (Markwayne Mullin) and Secretary of Transportation 肖恩・达菲 successively responded to the incident.
Mullin stated that no evidence of a cyberattack or artificial intelligence attack has been found so far, and the incident is unrelated to Microsoft, but the investigation is still ongoing and the possibility of a cyberattack cannot be ruled out.
Mullin stated that the public was never in danger and that the nationwide ground stop was implemented out of an abundance of caution. He said the situation now appears to be moving in the right direction, and relevant departments are still investigating the cause of the failure. As for whether there was a cyberattack, he said no relevant evidence has been found so far, but this possibility cannot be completely ruled out.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Duffy then described the infrastructure problems involved in the failure. He stated that at 3:36 p.m. local time on November 13 (4:36 a.m. Beijing time on November 14), the radar and communications center had already shown instability. During the ground stop, the United States did not completely lose all telecommunications and radar signals.
Mullin added that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration was installing a software patch on the system at the time.
Duffy pointed out that some of the infrastructure used by the U.S. air traffic control system is already very old, and this failure involved router data overload and the failure of old hardware. He stated that during the 特朗普 administration, some switches have already been replaced, and technicians have deployed repair measures to reduce system overload problems. Duffy said: I think we can restore operations before the holiday travel peak.
Duffy stated that the repair results further indicate that there are problems with the existing old network, and this is also a long-standing infrastructure challenge facing the U.S. air traffic control system. He hopes to obtain 50 billion USD (IT之家 note: currently about 334.247 billion RMB) in funding to upgrade the air traffic control system, and stressed that the United States needs to invest in building new signal towers and airports.
The U.S. Department of Transportation previously announced the Modern Skies Act plan on September 29, proposing to invest 30 billion USD (currently about 200.548 billion RMB) to upgrade the air traffic control system, including 10 billion USD (currently about 66.849 billion RMB) for digital infrastructure, 10 billion USD (currently about 66.849 billion RMB) for renovating old airport facilities, and 10 billion USD (currently about 66.849 billion RMB) for airport construction. The U.S. Department of Transportation has another 12.5 billion USD (currently about 83.562 billion RMB) in modernization funds underway.
According to the Associated Press, this failure involved the communications systems of 22 regional air traffic control centers in the United States. The FAA lifted the nationwide ground stop order on the evening of November 13 local time, allowing flights to resume takeoff, but previously backlogged flights still need to be gradually cleared.
During the ground stop, tens of thousands of passengers were affected, and some passengers were stranded at airports and may be forced to stay overnight at airports. The Associated Press reported that after the ground stop order was lifted, U.S. air transportation still faces follow-up problems such as flight delays, cancellations, and aircraft and crew scheduling.
The incident has once again drawn attention to the aging infrastructure of the U.S. air traffic control system. At present, relevant departments are still investigating the specific cause of the communications failure and have not yet announced final investigation conclusions.
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