Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin assured travelers that flights on Friday remain safe while the Department of Homeland Security continues investigating the cause of a telecom outage that forced the government to ground flights. Mullin described the incident as a telecommunications outage affecting the FAA and addressed questions from reporters outside the White House. The agency is still working to determine the root cause of the disruption.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stressed that Americans flying Friday are safe, even as he said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would continue to seek the root cause of a telecom outage that pushed the government to ground flights. “This was a telecommunication outage throughout FAA,” Mullin said while fielding questions outside the White...
