What is known about the suspension of flights in the US:

▪US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the suspension of all flights

▪The agency said that “the FAA issued a nationwide ground stop for all US airports following communication issues impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers”

▪The FAA also noted that "all departing traffic should remain groundstopped until further notice"

▪According to the FlightAware website, 9,917 flights were delayed and 733 flights were canceled

▪US Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin told reporters that the authorities have no evidence that "nefarious" acts caused the suspension of flights from airports across the country

▪According to him, so far this is merely a matter of a telecommunications equipment malfunction

▪Mullin noted that investigators are examining the connection between the use of AI in the air traffic control system and the malfunctions in air traffic controllers’ equipment

▪Bloomberg reported, citing sources, that the FBI does not believe a cyberattack was the cause of the incident

▪According to the news agency, the FBI is trying to determine whether the malfunction could have been caused by a software update