Flights grounded nationwide due to ‘extraordinary circumstances’

Passengers are stranded at airports across the country as the FAA has grounded all flights for an undetermined amount of time. The FAA says a “temporary telecommunications outage” was the cause of the nationwide ground stop. Channel 2 Action News is hearing from passengers stuck trying to leave Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and from others trying to get back home to Atlanta. Ashley Aylward spoke to Channel 2’s Jorge Estevez and says she was on her plane getting ready to take off when flights were grounded. Aylward says they were initially told there were technical difficulties with the plane before learning there was a ground stop in effect. “It brought me back to 9/11. I was definitely nervous, but, I mean, we’re still here. We’re still sitting on the runway and still no word on what’s going on and if we were going back to the gate,” Aylward said over the phone. Channel 2’s Michael Doudna is at the airport talking to passengers who say they have no