FAA issues nationwide ground stop

That graphic that's off to the left of the screen, and then as we're taking these pictures right there, I'm also in the process of just pulling up the airlines to see how they are dealing with it. So we're checking the Twitter right now, the X, if you will, for Delta and for a couple of the other ones, just to see how they've been alerting their passengers. We're looking at United also, just trying to keep our eyes on the post, you know, just to see that how they are handling all of this. So that's what we are doing here, going to United's site right now, Trying to pull up their X and they. And they do have an alert, so at least United, I can let people know, is responding to that. Right now. And so the main thing that Sharon is talking about is to double check with your airline, as we are doing right now, just to see how this is going to impact you. If you are at LaGuardia, if you are at JFK or Newark International, you know right now you are in a holding pattern, as are all of the airports in the country. So most of the airlines are using social media as the most immediate way to address and to get information out. So if you have not downloaded any app or if you are on them right now, you want to make sure that you are following. Following that, and if you are at the airport, you know, be in touch and stay in the area so that you can get communication in person. A lot of the airlines will have one of their employees, you know, one of the members of the staff stand there to say, OK, everyone, we need to let you know. So as this is all developing and there are still many, many moving parts, that's one thing that you want to make sure that you are doing. And do not go to the airport without checking first to see what the latest is on your flight. You have to keep that in mind as well. And Antoine, you know, that is something because people are tuning in and just getting this. And, you know, we all know everyone streams and they get their phone. They get their information on their Apple Watch and from Fox 5 and from the Fox local app. And we'll be continuously updating this throughout the next few hours as we learn more information. We are expecting Antoine in just a couple of minutes, an aviation expert and a friend of Fox 5. Mr. Tristiani is going to be talking to me shortly. He helps us get through a lot of these. Oh, great. Let's bring him in. And thank you. Thank you so much for joining us now. We appreciate it. Are you following what's been happening here? Did you just get word of this as we did? Yes, I just got a call. Yes, I'm aware of it. So talk to us about when something, I mean, this has only happened a handful of times that I'm aware of in my lifetime. We know about 9/11, but there was another communications problem in 2023. What do you suspect? I'm going to read to you what the FAA is saying, and maybe you can give us some interpretation of what you think this means. The Federal Aviation Administration grounding all flights nationwide across the United States. The FAA notice said that the ground stop was being imposed due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety. Did this not just recently happen? We had a scare in the air in Europe, I want to say about two weeks ago. What do you think is going on? Well, the scare in New York was just bomb threats to various airlines that were on certain routes. This one, I suspect due to what the FAA is saying about a command and control, they have just incepted through all 22 of the enroute facilities across the United States a new program called SMART that's controlled by AI. So, number one, my suspicion is that the SMART system just went dumb. Did I lose you there? Hello? Oh, I'm here. I'm here. Go ahead. Did you just get what I said? No, repeat that. I'm sorry. Something cut out. Okay. What happened is that the FAA has recently started a new program called SMART, which is AI-controlled and command and control of all of the 22 en route sectors of all airline travel. So basically speaking... That is supposed to be a smart system controlling all the air traffic. Maybe it just went dumb.