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Arriving planes could still land at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport during Friday’s nationwide FAA ground stop, but departures had stopped by about 4 p.m., an airport spokesperson said.
The airport said flights had been accounted for and international flights would be handled individually.
The FAA announced the nationwide halt Friday afternoon after a temporary telecommunications outage. An FAA spokesperson said flights were halted as a precaution. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said a communications issue affected all Air Route Traffic Control Centers, and FAA technicians were investigating.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no indication at that point that the outage was an attack.
As of 6 p.m. Friday, officials had not announced when the ground stop would end, and a count of affected local flights was unavailable. Rental cars were reportedly booking up amid concern that the disruption could continue into the weekend.
Yolonda Harris
News Now Georgia
