FAA grounds flights after air traffic control outage in the US

An air traffic control communication outage affects New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.

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Airports JFK, LaGuardia, and Boston are impacted, causing major disruptions.

The FAA has ordered ground restrictions to limit the impact on air traffic.

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