澳大利亚旅客被敦促查看航班详情，因为一项罕见的航空警告导致美国出发航班停飞。美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）于周六上午澳大利亚时间发布停飞令，要求所有起飞航班停飞，理由是“由于特殊情况和安全原因”。这是该警告在过去25年中仅被使用过两次。
Australian travellers are being urged to check their flight details as a rare aviation warning grounds flights out of the United States. In a warning used just twice in the past 25 years, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Saturday morning Australian time issued a grounding to all flights departing “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety.”
澳洲最大航空公司澳航已告知NewsWire，FAA故障目前尚未影响其运营，因为其大多数飞往美国的航班在下午晚些时候或傍晚早些时候起飞。但乘客被敦促查看应用程序，因为情况可能会发生变化。任何已经起飞的航班预计将在美国降落，停飞令仅针对尚未起飞的飞机。
Australia’s largest airline Qantas has told NewsWire the FAA outage was yet to affect their operations as most of its flights to the US leave in the late afternoon or early evening. But passengers are being urged to check the app as the situation could change. Any flight that has already taken off is expected to land in the United States, with the stop flight order only for planes yet to take off.
悉尼机场在一份简短声明中迅速安抚旅客，回应FAA命令称：“我们知悉美国联邦航空管理局发布的全国性停飞令，正在密切关注事态发展。目前，悉尼机场运营未受影响。前往或经停美国的乘客应向其航空公司咨询最新航班信息。”
In a brief statement, Sydney Airport moved quickly to reassure travellers following the FAA order.
FAA于美国东部时间下午4点（澳大利亚东部夏令时间上午8点）发布全国性命令，此前当局因空管问题暂停了芝加哥的航班。FAA以“特殊情况和安全原因”为由，下令全国所有起飞航班停飞。自2001年“9·11”恐怖袭击以来，FAA仅第二次动用这一权力。该异常警报包含的信息很少，但FAA表示正试图修复技术问题。在2023年1月的上一次停飞中，国内航班仅暂停了几小时。
“We are aware of the nationwide ground stop issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration and are monitoring the situation closely,” a Sydney Airport spokesperson said. “At this stage, there is no impact to operations at Sydney Airport. “Passengers travelling to or via the United States should check with their airline for the latest information regarding their flight.” The FAA’s nationwide order, issued at 4pm EST (8am AEDT) comes after authorities halted traffic in Chicago due to problems with air traffic control. The FAA grounded all departing flights across the country, citing “extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety.” This is only the second time the FAA has used this power since the September 11 terror attacks in 2001. The unusual alert contained little information, but the FAA said it was trying to fix a technical issue. During the previous ground stop in January 2023, domestic flights were only paused for a couple of hours.