US Homeland Security chief says no indication of an attack after flights grounded nationwide

The US Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said there are no indications of an attack against the nation, after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide Friday afternoon (Nov 13) due to communications problems. “Well there’s no fear to the public as I want to make sure we say this again there’s no reason for the public to be afraid or scared for your loved ones. This isn’t another 9/11. I just can’t repeat that enough. People are making that assumption because that’s the last time we had a nationwide ground stoppage. This is a telecommunication outage. This is much different,” he told the media. UPDATE: The US has lifted the nationwide ground stop, allowing flights to resume after hours of travel chaos. Read more on cna.asia. #aviationnews #usnews Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia