FAA halts U.S. flights amid dispute over Microsoft outage link

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted departures nationwide at airports across the United States on Friday (13/11) after a telecommunications outage hit an air traffic control center. Microsoft denied that its services triggered the disruption, while U.S. authorities also said there was no basis to link the two outages. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said FAA technicians were investigating a communications problem that affected all regional control centers. The FAA said the stoppage was taken as a precautionary safety measure, while international arrivals were handled on a case-by-case basis. Separately, Microsoft is dealing with a global outage that has disrupted Outlook, Copilot, Teams and other Microsoft 365 services after several servers suddenly went offline.