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Disaster● Low45m ago · Nov 15, 2026, 3:52 PM

Ground stop proves "we have to get off old network," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from CBS News · North America

As airways are still recovering from Friday's nationwide ground stop that led to a weekend of chaos, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "we've got to get off old network, old telecom" as officials attributed the ground stop to aging system infrastructure and legacy technology.

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