Delays continue at Hartsfield-Jackson day after nationwide ground stop

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A day after the longest nationwide ground stop in decades, significant delays continue at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

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As of Saturday at 7 a.m., the Atlanta airport is seeing 399 cancellations and 98 delays, according to FlightAware.

The vast majority of those are Delta flights.

Delta has issued a travel waiver allowing passengers to rebook flights scheduled for Friday or Saturday.

Nationwide, 3,738 flights have been canceled so far.

The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights for hours Friday because of communications problems at regional air traffic control centers that were caused by antiquated technology, according to federal officials.

Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said the introduction of new technology into an old air traffic control system overwhelmed it.

Nationwide ground stop lifted, FAA says

The ground stop was lifted Friday night after an hours-long stretch during which most flights were not allowed to take off from U.S. airports. Thousands of flights and potentially more than a million travelers were affected.

Airlines nationwide are now working to return to normal operations.