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More than three thousand aircraft are in the air over the territory of the United States amid widespread problems in aviation

According to the monitoring service Flightradar24, about 3.1 thousand aircraft bound for airports in the United States, continue to be in the sky

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More than three thousand aircraft are in the air over the territory of the United States amid widespread problems in aviation

According to the monitoring service Flightradar24, about 3.1 thousand aircraft bound for airports in the United States, continue to be in the sky. This happened against the background of reports of technical problems in the communication systems of dispatching services and a ban on takeoffs at all airports in the country.

In an official statement posted on social network X, the service noted that there are currently about 3,100 aircraft in the airspace, traveling to destinations in the United States, while flights throughout the country are temporarily suspended.

Earlier, representatives of the press service of the American aviation regulator FAA informed about the introduction of a nationwide moratorium on departures from all US airports. This measure was taken for security reasons in connection with emergency circumstances, it was specified that the reception of international flights will be carried out individually. Subsequently, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy explained that the reason for the ban on takeoffs was a large-scale failure of communication systems that affected all regional air traffic control centers.

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