Copper wire upgrade caused nationwide flight suspension, US transport secretary says
A telecommunications equipment failure on Friday forced a nationwide halt to departures from US airports, which the US transport secretary attributed to a copper wire upgrade; the BBC reports the government is investigating whether "incompetence" or faulty equipment was to blame. France 24 reports that Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there is no evidence so far of a
Written by CRAYON from the outlets' reports below.France 24 leads with the Transport Secretary's request to Congress for $30 billion in infrastructure funding, attributes the halt to aging telecommunications equipment, and is the only outlet to cite Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin saying a cyberattack has not been ruled out. BBC News and BBC World run identical reports that center on the copper wire upgrade as the cause and note the government is investigating whether "incompetence" or faulty equipment was to blame. TechCrunch describes the upgrade as "routine" and is alone in quoting FAA administrator Bryan Bedford that there is "zero evidence of anything AI-related."
CRAYON analysis of the outlets' accounts — read them below and judge for yourself.Coverage 4 sources · 3 independent (wire copy collapsed) · 3 reports · 4C
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US Transport Secretary asks Congress for $30 bn to upgrade aviation infrastructure
A failure in aging telecommunications equipment Friday forced a nationwide halt to departures from US airports. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says officials have found no evidence so far of a cyberattack, but that they're not ruling it out. Details by Jack Pownall.
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Copper wire upgrade caused nationwide flight suspension, US transport secretary says
The US government is trying to find out whether the chaos was caused by "incompetence" or faulty equipment.
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Transportation secretary blames ‘routine’ equipment upgrade for grounding flights nationwide
FAA administrator Bryan Bedford also said there's "zero evidence of anything AI-related."
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