Trump’s transportation secretary has blamed archaic equipment found in a ‘remote location’ as the preliminary cause of the historic ground stop that halted the nation’s air travel for hours.
Department of Transportation Chief Sean Duffy told reporters at a press conference at the agency’s headquarters on Saturday that a contractor, L3Harris, was replacing old technology at a ‘remote location’ when the air traffic control communications issue began.
Duffy said that a contractor was doing maintenance at at least one of four remote Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) locations and was switching lines from old copper wire to fiber before communications stalled.
He called L3Harris
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