The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States announced that an order to stop takeoffs nationwide for aircraft in this country was canceled after more than four hours.

The order was issued due to disruption in communications systems, and under it, domestic flights in the United States were not allowed to take off from airports.

Disruption in telecommunications communications and the suspension of flights caused thousands of flights at major US airports to be delayed or canceled.

Canceling the nationwide takeoff stop order means that aircraft can again receive permission to take off, but it does not mean an immediate return of all flights to their usual schedules.