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Thousands of flights were canceled as airlines worked to recover from a nationwide ground stop ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration, PBS NewsHour reported on November 14, 2026. Many people across the United States were stranded in airports overnight, and NPR spoke with some of the stranded travelers about how they were coping with the delays. The nationwide stop was the first since January 2023, when another key FAA computer system that sends notices to pilots malfunctioned, and only the second since the September 11, 2001 attacks. The reports did not specify the cause of the disruption in the NPR coverage. Airlines were still working to restore schedules as the day went on.