丹佛讯——前交通部长皮特·布蒂吉格对特朗普政府处理周五全美联邦航空管理局停飞事件的方式进行了抨击，并开玩笑说，他将帮助滞留旅客重新预订航班，因为延误和取消航班仍在继续。
DENVER — Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg took a swipe at the Trump administration’s handling of Friday’s nationwide FAA ground stop, joking that he would help stranded travelers rebook flights as delays and cancellations continued.
“我先来做个公益公告，”布蒂吉格在丹佛对记者说，“音乐会结束后，我将在酒吧等候，任何需要重新预订航班或根据自身权利申请退款的人都可以找我。”他在“下一步”会议在丹佛结束时发表了上述言论。这场为期两天的聚会由多数党民主党举办，聚集了各方领袖，讨论该党在中期选举获胜后的发展方向。
I’ll begin with a public service announcement," Buttigieg told reporters in Denver. "I will be available in the hotel bar following the concert for anybody who needs to rebook their flights or get a refund per your rights." He made the remark as the "What’s Next" conference wrapped up in Denver. The two-day gathering, hosted by Majority Democrats, brought leaders together to discuss the party’s direction after its midterm victories.
民主党人齐聚丹佛评估2028年大选；我们询问谁想参选联邦航空管理局在周五晚上8点后不久解除了停飞令，但该停飞令开始后已超过四小时，航班在周末仍延误和取消。该机构称，原因是安全顾虑以及严重的空中交通管制通信问题。
DEMS DESCEND ON DENVER TO SIZE UP 2028; WE ASKED WHO WANTS IN THE RACE The FAA lifted the ground stop shortly after 8 p.m. Friday, more than four hours after it began, but flights remained delayed and canceled over the weekend. The agency cited safety concerns and serious air traffic control communications issues.
布蒂吉格表示，他对停飞原因没有内部消息，随后质疑航空系统的保障措施为何未能阻止如此规模的故障。他说，他作为一名周五有航班计划的旅客，正在关注这次中断。
Buttigieg, who said he had no inside information about the cause of the ground stop, later questioned why the aviation system’s safeguards had not prevented an outage of that scale. He said he was watching the disruption as a traveler with a flight scheduled for Saturday.
“系统中有许多冗余设计，因此通常情况下，如果有一个故障点，其他东西可以拦截它，”他说，“我不明白，为什么这种冗余设计未能阻止如此规模的故障。”与此同时，特朗普政府官员对这次故障给出了不一致的说法。交通部长肖恩·达菲表示，原因仍在调查中，包括是否是承包商出错或设备故障。
"The system has many redundancies in it, so that normally, if there’s one point of failure, something else can catch it," he said. "It is not clear to me why that redundancy did not prevent an outage of this magnitude." Meanwhile, Trump administration officials offered a mixed account of the failure. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the cause remained under investigation, including whether a contractor made an error or equipment failed.
国土安全部长马克韦恩·穆林后来表示，停飞并非由人工智能或网络攻击引起，而是由需要更新的老旧基础设施造成的。总统唐纳德·特朗普告诉福克斯新闻，系统因老化而崩溃。
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin later said the stoppage was not caused by artificial intelligence or a cyberattack, but by aging infrastructure that needs to be updated. President Donald Trump told Fox News that the system had broken down because of its age.
周五的中断是自2001年9月11日恐怖袭击以来的第二次全国性停飞。第一次发生在2023年1月，当时联邦航空管理局因其飞行员通告系统出现故障，暂停国内起飞约90分钟。该系统为飞行员提供安全信息。
Friday’s disruption was the second nationwide ground stop since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The first came in January 2023, when the FAA paused domestic departures for about 90 minutes because of an outage in its Notice to Air Missions system, which provides pilots with safety information.
联邦航空管理局当时表示，未发现网络攻击的证据。但蒂吉格下令对该故障进行审查，并指示该机构报告事件经过，并提出防止再次发生的措施。
The FAA said at the time it found no evidence of a cyberattack. Buttigieg ordered a review of that outage and directed the agency to report on what happened and recommend steps to prevent a recurrence.