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WSJ: Aging Network of Cables and Communications Equipment Underpins US Air Traffic Control System That Grounded Flights Friday
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An aging network of cables and communications equipment underpins the U.S. air traffic control system that grounded flights on Friday, according to a WSJ report cited by First Squawk. The disclosure points to infrastructure decay as a factor behind the disruption that halted flights nationwide. The report ties the outage to legacy hardware rather than a single software failure. It matters because U.S. aviation depends on communications links that have not been modernized. What to watch next is whether regulators and lawmakers accelerate funding to replace the aging cables and equipment.
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