众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（共和党-路易斯安那州）表示，没有必要对联邦航空管理局（FAA）周五发布的全国停飞令展开调查，而是强调需要“投资”。“我们其实不需要任何调查……我们需要进一步投资，”约翰逊在接受福克斯新闻节目《周六美国》采访时说。“我是说，其中一些设备可以追溯到八十年代，所以必须更新，这是我们的责任。我们将努力完成这项工作。”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said there is no need for an investigation into the ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday, instead highlighting the need for “investment.”“We don’t really need any investigation … we need further investment,” Johnson said during an interview with Fox News’s Saturday in America. “I mean, some of this equipment dates back to the eighties so it’s gotta be updated and that’s our responsibility. We’re gonna work to get it done.”
联邦航空管理局于周五美国东部时间下午4点左右发布了全国停飞令。这一罕见措施持续了四个多小时。该机构上一次大范围停飞发生在2023年1月，持续约90分钟。交通部长肖恩·达菲在周五晚间的白宫新闻发布会上确认，联邦航空管理局于晚上8点15分左右解除了停飞令。达菲将此次事故归因于路由器数据过载，国土安全部长马克韦恩·马林补充说，“在此过程中公众从未处于危险之中。”
The FAA issued the nationwide ground stop around 4 p.m. EST on Friday. The rare protocol was in place for over four hours. The agency’s last widespread stoppage, which lasted approximately 90 minutes, was in January 2023. The FAA lifted the stop at around 8:15 p.m., Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed during a White House press briefing Friday night. Duffy attributed the incident to an overload of data on routers, with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin adding the “public was never in danger in this process.”
在发布会上，官员们呼吁投资数十亿美元，以更新美国“极其陈旧”的空中交通管制系统。“我们拥有一个极其陈旧的空中交通管制系统，”达菲在周五晚间的发布会上说。“不要搞补丁式修补，去修补一个对每个家庭都至关重要的系统。”“我想要500亿美元，”他说。
During the briefing, the officials called for a multi-billion-dollar investment into updating the U.S.’s “incredibly old” air traffic control systems. “What we have is an incredibly old air traffic control system,” Duffy said during the Friday night briefing. “Let’s not do a patchwork, a fix to a system that’s critical for every single family.”“I want $50 billion,” he said.
达菲曾于9月向国会申请300亿美元，用于资助全国范围内的新技术、管制塔和机场改善项目。在周六上午的新闻发布会上，达菲表示，承包商的一条电信线路切换可能引发了周五联邦航空管理局的停飞事故。他指出，承包商L3Harris正在将一条老旧铜线更换为新的光缆。
Duffy in September asked Congress for $30 billion to fund new technology, control towers and airport improvements across the country. In a press briefing Saturday morning, Duffy said a telecommunications line switch by a contractor may have started Friday’s FAA ground stoppage. He noted that an older copper wire was being replaced by a new fiber cable by contractor L3Harris.
据航班追踪网站FlightAware统计，截至周六下午，美国境内、进出美国的航班中，有4500多架次延误，5000多架次取消。周六报告的航班延误总数超过15,000起。
More than 4,500 flights within, into or out of the U.S. were delayed as of Saturday afternoon with over 5,000 canceled, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. Total reported delays on Saturday crossed 15,000.