Bradley Airport travelers stranded, flights disrupted by nationwide FAA ground stop

All planes across the country staying on ground for hours today, the FAA stopping all flights due to a communication issue impacting all air route traffic control centers. Now the nationwide ground stop is being lifted. We went to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut to see how travelers react to the news. Take a look. We had a nice trip planned and unfortunately. We're not leaving. Traveling isn't going as expected, not just at Bradley International Airport, but across the country. The Federal Aviation Administration grounding flights nationally Friday afternoon due to a communication issue impacting all air route traffic control centers, leaving those planning to fly out of Windsor Locks with questions of what to do next. I'm trying to see if I can get my baggage that I checked in. Hope it works out. If not, I don't know. I don't have anything. Everything's, I checked out all my clothes and everything. So I don't know. Yeah. I don't know what we're going to do next. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy releasing a statement saying quote the FAA news issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all air route traffic control centers. FAA technicians are investigating the issue. We will provide immediate updates as we have them. There's been three national flight groundings ordered by the The FAA in recent years, the first September 11th, 2001, then again in January. A pair of travelers we spoke with say they heard right before boarding their flights to Florida and Tennessee. My flight was supposed to leave at 5.15, so I think we found out right before boarding, actually. My dad was calling me on my phone, my wife was texting me, so yep, right before pretty much. Billy was like, hey man, there's a full ground stop. And I'm like, what? I go, and I'm like, what's going on? He goes, he goes, he goes, we're going to get delayed. We're going to get canceled. He goes, it's a national ground stop. Something major has happened. I'd like to know what actually took us down, why I can't go home. The FAA lifting the nationwide ground stop around 8.30 p.m. Friday night. And the Secretary of Homeland Security says there is no indication of the failure being related to a cyber attack.