FAA lifts nationwide ground stop on all US flights

Yeah, so things are at least starting to improve, will be improving in the next couple of hours with this ground stop being lifted, the Federal Aviation Administration had ordered. Departing flights remain on the ground because of communications problems affecting its 22 regional air traffic control centers. Now, these centers are responsible for managing aircraft as they travel between airports. So with a problem that had implications, as we've seen across the entire country, flights already in the air were generally allowed to continue but in some international departures. Departing from the east and west coast, we're able to operate on a case by case basis because those flights quickly leave U.S. airspace and are handed over to non-American air traffic control centers, which were not affected by the situation. But lifting this ground stop doesn't mean everything is back to normal. There are thousands of flights that have been delayed or canceled. Aircraft and crews are out of position. Some airports like National Airport in Washington or O'Hare in Chicago. We're reporting they were near capacity and planes were being diverted to nearby airports. LaGuardia in New York canceled all of its flights for the rest of the evening. The data company, Cirium, estimates 1.5 million passengers are currently stranded and disruption will certainly last into the weekend, even early into next work week.