More than 16,000 flights were canceled on Friday and Saturday in the United States following the rare suspension of takeoffs for several hours due to a communication outage, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Saturday.
"We were unable to reschedule 12,000 flights" on Friday, a total that includes about 9,000 commercial flights and 3,000 private flights, FAA chief Bryan Bedford said at a press conference. "And we estimate that between 4,000 and 5,000 of the 41,000 flights scheduled for Saturday should be canceled," he added.
