FAA Ground Stop Root Cause Revealed: Routine Copper-to-Fiber Upgrade Overloaded National Air Traffic System
The Federal Aviation Administration’s third nationwide ground stop this century was triggered by a routine equipment upgrade that went catastrophically wrong, federal officials confirmed Saturday. What Happened On Friday afternoon, L3 Harris contractors began replacing aging analog copper wire with modern fiber optic cable at a remote air traffic facility. The changeover flooded the national ...
