House Democrat calls FAA stop 'quite disturbing'

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House Democrat calls FAA stop ‘quite disturbing’
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) called the nationwide ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday “quite disturbing.”
“This is quite disturbing and pretty extraordinary of a action taken,” Garcia said during an appearance on MS NOW. “Whatever it is, I think deserves as much transparency as possible.”
“The impact is going to be immense,” the congressman added.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wrote in a post on social platform X that the ground stop was issued “following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers.”
“FAA technicians are investigating the issue,” he added.
The agency shared an advisory citing “extraordinary circumstances” and “reasons of safety” for the ground stop, according to The New York Times. The advisory is not currently listed on the FAA’s website.
“There has been a temporary telecommunications outage – out of an abundance of caution all flights have been halted,” the FAA wrote on social media.
“Every flight has been accounted for and international flights will be handled on a case by case basis.”
Garcia said if it is a technical issue “then I think we just need to know what that is immediately.”
“The amount of people that are going to be grounded across this country is going to cause major interruptions and chaos,” he added.
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