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U.S. officials have not ruled out a cyber attack after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a rare nationwide ground stop on all flights, but reassured the public that “everybody’s safe.”

Airline stocks fell right before Friday’s close after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a nationwide ground stop. Departing flights cannot take off, while flights already in the air may continue to their destination.

A technical problem at National Air Traffic Services upended plans for hundreds of thousands of people on Tuesday. The issue was confirmed shortly before 2 p.m. local time and fixed by 7:30 p.m., but the aftermath rolled into Wednesday as flights stacked up, aircraft and crews were out of position, and staff hit duty limits.…

Airlines in the UK are continuing to deal with the knock-on impacts of yesterday’s technical issue with some disruption expected to affect airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted.

Flight delays will continue on Wednesday after an air traffic control problem in the UK cancelled nearly 2,000 flights.