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Spinning the Wheel at 30,000 Feet: Why Our 1980s Air Traffic System Keeps Crashing

Airplane. Landscape with big white passenger airplane is flying in the red sky over the clouds at colorful sunset. Journey. Passenger airliner is landing at dusk. Business trip. Commercial plane

By now, you’ve likely seen the press conference from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin explaining today’s nationwide ground stop. While officials say there’s no evidence of a cyberattack just yet, it’s hard to shake the feeling that something malicious was at play—a deep dive I’ll save for a future issue. Regardless of the trigger, one thing is undeniable: the crisis was made vastly worse by our aging, outdated infrastructure.

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