US flight outage live updates: FAA lifts nationwide ground stop as airport chaos continues in US and beyond

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• US aviation agency lifts nationwide ground stop affecting all air travel

• Chaos at US airports as flight stoppage grinds travel plans to a halt

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All US-bound departures from European airports are suspended until 5am UTC on Saturday, according to a notice published by the European traffic control agency, Eurocontrol.

Forty-two European countries are members of Eurocontrol, including the 27 EU countries, the UK, Turkey and Israel.