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US airspace reopens after flights grounded for several hours
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On Friday, the US made the rare decision to ground flights nationwide, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded. An overloaded air traffic control system triggered communications failures across the country. The White House says there's no evidence of a cyberattack. Flights resumed after four hours, but Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned that getting the aviation network back to normal will take time. Also: Divisions deepen inside the Trump administration as the US Commerce Secretary comes under criticism for his failure to ban exports of advanced Nvidia chips to a company linked to a suspected Chinese...
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of Axxr XL. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hi, I'm Anko Desai, and in the early hours of Saturday, the 14th of November, these are our main stories.
US airspace reopens after having to ground all flights for only the third time in 25 years. The US transport secretary blames an overloaded system and calls for a complete overhaul of outdated technology.
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