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U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy: An investment proposal will be submitted to Congress on Monday. We will work with President Trump to develop a concrete plan and submit a funding proposal. We will hold those responsible accountable for the aviation communications system malfunction.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy: We need L3Harris or other router providers to do better.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy: The root cause of the incident was not the work of foreign forces.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy: The aviation system modernization upgrade plan has bipartisan support, and most of the funding will go to cities and states governed by Democrats.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy: For the past two years or so, we have been discussing the modernization of our air traffic control system and have requested funding from Congress. Congress has allocated $12.5 billion to upgrade the navigation system, but has not yet provided us with all the necessary funds.
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated that they are working with all stakeholders in the aviation industry to ensure that all passengers are either rebooked on alternative flights or receive a full refund.
U.S. House Speaker: Even without an investigation, it is clear that the air traffic control system urgently needs modernization, as some of its equipment dates back to the 1980s.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy: For now, we can only continue using the outdated L3 Harris communications network. We will cooperate with AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen, using the funding we have secured.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy: We will reassess the timing of the maintenance work.
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated: "We have found no evidence of any wrongdoing, nor any evidence related to artificial intelligence."
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that today's flight delays and cancellations will pave the way for a full return to normal operations on Sunday.
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that 4,000 to 5,000 of the flights scheduled to operate today may be canceled.
US officials: Flights will still be canceled today.
U.S. officials said 9,000 commercial flights and other private planes were unable to take off yesterday.
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the aviation system remained stable on Saturday.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy: During the aviation shutdown, contractor L3Harris was carrying out maintenance work on communications equipment.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy: We are working to determine whether we were negligent or they installed a faulty router.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy: This was a system of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that failed to respond to the situation at the time, resulting in the system outage.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy: I do not believe this was caused by a cyberattack.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy: Air traffic has fully resumed operations. It is currently unclear whether the outage was caused by insufficient capacity or a router malfunction.