Trump’s transportation secretary has blamed archaic equipment found in a ‘remote location’ as the preliminary cause of the historic ground stop that halted the nation’s air travel for hours.
Department of Transportation Chief Sean Duffy told reporters at a press conference at the agency’s headquarters on Saturday that a contractor, L3 Harris, was replacing old technology at a ‘remote location’ when the air traffic control communications issue began.
Duffy said that a contractor was doing maintenance at at least one of four remote Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) locations and was switching lines from old copper wire to fiber before communications stalled.
