FAA Lifts Nationwide Ground Stop After US Flight Outage
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The FAA is the US agency for air travel. It stopped all flights in the country. The agency said there was a tech failure. A tech failure means computers or systems stop working.
Sean Duffy is the US transportation secretary. This is a government job about travel and transport. He said a tech problem made officials stop flights. He did not give many details.
The stop is called a ground stop. This means planes cannot take off. The FAA later lifted the ground stop. Lifted means it ended.
But problems did not stop. There was still chaos at airports. Chaos means a lot of confusion and disorder. Many people could not fly on time.
The problems were not only in the US. Airports in other countries also had trouble. Many flights were late or canceled. A canceled flight does not happen at all.
People at airports had to wait a long time. Airlines tried to help passengers. A passenger is a person on a flight. The situation was still confusing for many travelers.
Vocabulary15 words
- FAA
- the US government group for air travel
- tech failure
- when computers stop working
- transportation secretary
- a government leader for travel and transport
- ground stop
- an order that stops planes from flying
- chaos
- a lot of confusion
- canceled
- stopped from happening
- passenger
- a person traveling on a plane
- lifted
- ended or removed
- airport
- a place where planes take off and land
- delay
- when something is late
- officials
- people with government jobs
- system
- a set of computers or tools working together
- nationwide
- across the whole country
- aviation
- about planes and flying
- acknowledge
- to say something is true
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1. Stopped all flights in the US 2. A tech failure 3. False
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The _____ is the US agency for air travel.
It stopped all _____ in the country.
The agency said there was a _____ failure.
Sean Duffy is the US transportation _____.
He said a tech problem made officials stop _____.
The stop is called a ground _____.
The FAA later _____ the ground stop.
But there was still _____ at airports.
Many flights were late or _____.
People at airports had to _____ a long time.
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