The Federal Aviation Administration’s push to modernize the nation’s aging air traffic control system is facing renewed scrutiny after outdated telecommunications equipment apparently caused a nationwide ground stop, prompting Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to renew calls for billions of dollars in emergency funding.
Duffy said Friday evening that aging switches and routers became overloaded with data, causing inconsistencies with data in radar communications systems across the country. He said newly installed equipment continued functioning, while older technologies experienced failures.
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