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What forced the US to ground all planes? A router switch, we now know
US officials say a routine upgrade that went awry caused the mass disruption of air travel.
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US officials say a routine upgrade that went awry caused the mass disruption of air travel. Airlines are still scrambling to return operations to normal after the longest and only second nationwide stop of flights in the United States since the attacks of 9/11 in 2001.
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