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By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities
November 13, 2026

US Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin says a telecommunications outage is responsible for a nationwide stoppage of commercial flights, issued by the FAA on Friday afternoon.

Speaking to the press on Friday, Mullin said all planes are accounted for. He also said there is no indication that an attack was responsible for the outage.

Mullin did not give a timeframe for when the issues will resolve, adding that it is going to take some time before flights resume.

This remains a developing story.

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