Newshot New York Governor Calls for US Transportation Secretary's Resignation Over Ground Stop: Severe Failures in the US Aviation System Have Become Routine
IT之家 November 15 — According to a report by CCTV International News, as of November 14 local time, a large number of flights in the United States were still delayed or canceled. On that day, 霍楚尔, the Democratic governor of New York State, issued a statement calling for US Transportation Secretary 达菲 to resign.
She said that during Duffy's tenure, severe failures in the US aviation system have become routine. 霍楚尔 criticized 达菲 for being more eager to appear in front of the media than to resolve the crises facing his department.
IT之家 noted that FAA Administrator 贝德福德 apologized to the American public at a press conference that day and said "the worst is over," with nationwide air transportation expected to return to normal on the evening of the 15th.
US Transportation Secretary 达菲 said at a press conference held on the 14th that L3 Harris Technologies, a contractor for the Federal Aviation Administration, triggered the outage while upgrading systems and installing new routers at a remote facility. 达菲 said, "We are verifying the cause of the incident — whether it was human error, that is, an operational or installation mistake by L3 Harris Technologies staff, or a fault in the routers they installed. The root cause of the failure has not yet been determined." A day earlier, when the incident occurred, company staff were working at a remote location, converting copper lines to fiber-optic lines.
As IT之家 previously reported, in the early hours of November 14 Beijing time, a large-scale communications failure occurred in the US air traffic control system. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) escalated a localized ground stop to a nationwide ground stop within about half an hour, requiring all flights awaiting takeoff to remain on the ground until further notice.
The incident first occurred at Chicago O'Hare International Airport at 4:46 Beijing time and expanded nationwide 11 minutes later. International flights bound for the United States were handled on a case-by-case basis, while flights already in the air were allowed to land normally. Airlines for America also issued a statement: Safety is always our top priority. At present, during the nationwide ground stop, we are in close communication with the US Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration. We thank passengers for their patience and frontline employees for their diligence in this situation. Affected passengers should contact their airlines for real-time information.
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