交通部长肖恩·达菲周六表示，他不认为周五的全国航空旅行停摆与网络攻击有关，而是由于对系统老化的电信线路进行更新工作。
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Saturday he did not believe Friday’s nationwide air travel shutdown was cyber-related, but rather due to work on updating the system’s aging telecommunications lines.
“这是网络攻击吗？有没有外国国家攻击了这个网络？对此，我们不这么认为，”达菲在新闻发布会上说。
“Was this a cyberattack? Did some foreign nation attack this network? And the answer to that is we don’t believe so,” Duffy said at a news conference.
他说，导致联邦航空管理局周五做出停飞美国所有航班这一非同寻常决定的问题，已被锁定在一个设施上。“一旦我们能够隔离这个偏远地点正在进行的工作，我们所有系统都重新上线，”他说。
He said the problem that led the Federal Aviation Administration to make the extraordinary decision on Friday to halt all flights across the United States was pinpointed to one facility. “Once we were able to isolate the work that was being done at this remote location, all of our systems came back online,” he said.
长达四个多小时的停飞令使美国航空旅行完全停滞，打乱了数十万乘客的出行计划，并持续至周末。
The more than four-hour ground stop brought air travel in the United States to a complete standstill and scrambled travel plans for hundreds of thousands of passengers, persisting well into the weekend.
24多小时过去，特朗普总统尚未就这一极不寻常的事件发表声明或向全国发表讲话。但他转发了路易斯安那州共和党参议员约翰·肯尼迪的一段引言，敦促国会通过联邦航空管理局的拨款。停飞令遭到民主党议员的广泛批评。
More than 24 hours later, President Donald Trump had not issued a statement or addressed the nation about the highly unusual event. But he posted a quote from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., urging Congress to pass FAA funding. The ground stop was widely criticized by Democratic lawmakers.
纽约州民主党众议员哈基姆·杰弗里斯是下一届国会众议院议长的头号竞争者，他说，这次事件是“特朗普政府领导失败下，不可接受的航空旅行事件系列中的最新一起”。纽约州州长卡西·霍赫尔将责任完全归咎于达菲，并呼吁这位交通部长辞职或被免职。
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who is the leading contender to become House speaker in the next Congress, said the incident was “the latest in a series of unacceptable air travel incidents under the Trump Administration’s failed leadership.”New York Gov. Kathy Hochul put the blame squarely on Duffy and called on the transportation secretary to resign or be removed.
“必须全面公开我们的航空旅行系统发生了什么以及原因，”加利福尼亚州民主党众议员罗伯特·加西亚周六在X平台发帖称。“我们需要答案，以确保我们的系统和技术获得资金并升级，从而保障公众安全。”
“There must be full public transparency on what happened to our air travel systems and why,” Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said in a post on X Saturday. “We need answers to ensure our systems and technology are funded and upgraded to ensure the safety of the public.”
联邦航空管理局局长布莱恩·贝德福德周六对记者表示，由于当局最初无法评估空管系统不稳定的原因，他们实施了停飞令，“以减轻系统压力”并“最终缓解空域的压力和复杂性”。
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said because authorities were initially unable to assess the cause of the instability in air traffic control systems, they implemented a ground stop “to remove pressure from the system” and “ultimately to relieve stress and complexity in the airspace.”
“我认为那是正确的决定，”他说。“我们支持这一决定。”达菲表示，一名联邦航空管理局承包商当时正在进行例行维护，将旧铜线更换为光纤，他将其描述为“相当简单的工作”。达菲说，该特定网络属于L3哈里斯公司，即联邦航空管理局的传统电信供应商。
“I think that was the right call,” he said. “We stand behind that.”Duffy said an FAA contractor had been conducting routine maintenance to switch from old copper wire to fiber, which he described as “pretty straightforward work.”That particular network belonged to L3 Harris, Duffy said, the FAA’s legacy telecom provider.
“无论是承包商失误还是设备故障，在我们从铜线切换到光纤时，正在更换的那台路由器开始向我们空管系统中的其他路由器发送大量数据包，”达菲说。
“Either through contractor error or a faulty piece of equipment, that router that was being replaced as we switched from copper to fiber, it started flooding other routers in our air traffic control system,” Duffy said.
“我们正在努力确定是否存在无能，即是否为L3哈里斯的用户错误或安装错误，”他补充道。
“What we’re working to determine was whether we had incompetence, meaning was it user error or installation error from L3Harris,” he added.
L3哈里斯公司周六发表声明，部分内容称：“我们正在支持联邦航空管理局的调查，以了解导致11月13日全国空中旅行停飞的条件。L3哈里斯高度重视此次全国性停飞及其对旅客、航空公司和空管运行的影响。”达菲表示，一旦当局隔离了该位置并将其下线，系统便恢复了正常。他说，当局尚未确定根本原因，但联邦航空管理局局长更坚决地排除了潜在的网络相关原因。
L3Harris issued a statement on Saturday, saying, in part: “We are supporting the FAA in its investigation to understand the conditions that led to the Nov. 13 ground stop of our nation’s air travel. L3Harris takes the nationwide ground stop and its impact on travelers, airlines and air traffic operations seriously.”Once authorities were able to isolate that location and take it offline, the system was restored, Duffy said. He said authorities have not determined the root cause, but the FAA chief was more forceful in ruling out a potential cyber-related reason.
“我确实认为我们已经找到了故障原因，我想重申：我们没有看到任何恶意行为的证据，也没有看到任何与人工智能相关的证据，”贝德福德补充道。
“I do think we’ve identified the fault, and I want to reiterate: We see zero evidence of anything nefarious, and zero evidence of anything AI-related,” Bedford added.
马里兰州民主党籍众议员格伦·艾维周六警告称，美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）的系统停摆是对美国应急准备的一次警钟。
Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., warned Saturday that the FAA shutdown was a wake-up call for U.S. preparedness.
“前几天刚发生微软故障，昨天又发生了这事。我们需要做好准备，确保如果发生网络攻击或与此相关的事件，我们有应对措施来防御，但我们目前还没做到这一点，”艾维在MS NOW的《周末》节目中表示。贝德福德说，FAA预计周六将有多达5000个航班取消，但他预计航空旅行将在周日恢复到正常水平。“所以我认为最糟糕的情况已经过去了，”他说。
“You had the Microsoft outage the other day. You had this yesterday. We need to be ready to make sure that if there are cyberattacks or anything connected with that, we’re prepared to have countermeasures to defend against it, and we’re not there yet,” Ivey said during an appearance on MS NOW’s “The Weekend.”The FAA expected up to 5,000 flight cancellations on Saturday, Bedford said, but he anticipated air travel would resume to normal levels by Sunday. “So I do think the worst is behind us,” he said.
但对许多乘客来说，航空出行依然是一场噩梦。据FlightAware数据，周六有超过5000个航班被取消，近5300个航班延误。
But air travel remained a nightmare for many passengers. According to FlightAware, more than 5,000 flights were canceled Saturday and nearly 5,300 more were delayed.
贝德福德和达菲都敦促国会拨付更多资金，以实现陈旧系统的现代化。
Both Bedford and Duffy urged Congress to pass more funding to modernize the outdated systems.
“这是一个两党共同关注的问题。安全至上，但系统的效率和可靠性对美国旅行公众也极其重要，”贝德福德说。
“This is a bipartisan issue. Safety is paramount, but efficiency and reliability of the system is also extremely important for the American traveling public,” Bedford said.