American authorities have ordered the ban on flights to all airports in the United States, following a problem in communication affecting air traffic control centres.

According to BBC report, the Federal Aviation Administration ( The FAA) has announced that the decision has been taken for security reasons and due to extraordinary circumstances.

US Transport Secretary Sean Duffy has indicated that the problem has affected communication in all air traffic control centres along US air routes. He has said FAA technicians are investigating the cause of disruption.

Meanwhile, US Secretary for National Security Markway Mullin has declared that there is no indication so far that it is an attack against the United States.

This is a telecommunications break, Mullin said, adding that all planes are registered.

According to data from the Flightdar24 platform, at the time of reporting of some 3,100 planes were in the air and headed for American airports. The platform has indicated that no other planes were being established at that moment, while the FAA has announced that international flights heading towards the US would be handled occasionally.

The flight ban has been confirmed by several large airports, including Atlanta, Washington, Miami, Baltimore and Houston. The FAA has also warned of the possibility of bans and delays at airports in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, JFK in New York and Philadelphia.

The breakup has also caused problems for passengers who had already reached their destinations. At Los Angeles International Airport, a passenger told the BBC that the planes they had landed were not allowed to move from track to terminal gates. Similar problems were reported in Austin, where passengers were asked to remain on airplanes until a new announcement.

Source Layer: Insander