epa13377845 Travelers with children rest on the floor during a ground stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, New York, USA, 13 November 2026. Communications failures at all 22 regional air traffic control centers forced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to order a nationwide ground stop. EPA/Olga Fedorova

epa13377844 Travelers with children rest on the floor during a ground stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, New York, USA, 13 November 2026. Communications failures at all 22 regional air traffic control centers forced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to order a nationwide ground stop. EPA/Olga Fedorova

epa13377843 A traveler rests during a ground stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, New York, USA, 13 November 2026. Communications failures at all 22 regional air traffic control centers forced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to order a nationwide ground stop. EPA/Olga Fedorova

epa13377842 Travelers line up to rebook tickets during a ground stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, New York, USA, 13 November 2026. Communications failures at all 22 regional air traffic control centers forced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to order a nationwide ground stop. EPA/Olga Fedorova

epa13377841 Travelers line up to rebook tickets during a ground stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, New York, USA, 13 November 2026. Communications failures at all 22 regional air traffic control centers forced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to order a nationwide ground stop. EPA/Olga Fedorova

epa13377837 epa13377701 Airplane passengers wait to retrieve luggage from canceled flights during a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) nationwide ground stop at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, USA, 13 November 2026. According to aviation officials, it is only the third nationwide ground stop in US history, following the...

epa13377836 epa13377735 Airplane luggage from canceled flights piles up during a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) nationwide ground stop at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, USA, 13 November 2026. According to aviation officials, it is only the third nationwide ground stop in US history, following the 11 September 2001...

epa13377834 epa13377661 An Alaska Airlines employee listens to stranded passengers during a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) nationwide ground stop at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, USA, 13 November 2026. It is only the second nationwide ground stop since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO ...

epa13377833 epa13377768 An airplane passenger waits shortly after a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) nationwide ground stop was lifted at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, USA, 13 November 2026. According to aviation officials, it is only the third nationwide ground stop in US history, following the 11 September 2001...

epa13377830 epa13377699 Airplane passengers wait to retrieve luggage from canceled flights during a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) nationwide ground stop at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, USA, 13 November 2026. According to aviation officials, it is only the third nationwide ground stop in US history, following the...

epa13377831 epa13377700 Airplane passengers wait to retrieve luggage from canceled flights during a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) nationwide ground stop at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, USA, 13 November 2026. According to aviation officials, it is only the third nationwide ground stop in US history, following the...

epa13377832 epa13377656 Airline passengers remain stranded during a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) nationwide ground stop at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, USA, 13 November 2026. It is only the second nationwide ground stop since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

epa13377835 epa13377702 Airplane passengers wait to retrieve luggage from canceled flights during a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) nationwide ground stop at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, USA, 13 November 2026. According to aviation officials, it is only the third nationwide ground stop in US history, following the...