Flight delays, cancellations continue at MIA and FLL after nationwide FAA ground stop

Travel disruptions continued Saturday at South Florida airports, where hundreds of flights had been canceled and dozens more delayed following a nationwide ground stop caused by a Federal Aviation Administration communications outage Friday.As of 9 a.m. Saturday, flight-tracking website FlightAware reported at least 128 cancellations and 149 delays at Miami International Airport. At Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, 142 flights had been canceled and 40 delayed as of 8:47 a.

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m., as airlines continued recovering from Friday's nationwide FAA ground stop.The disruptions come after the FAA ordered a nationwide halt to departing flights Friday afternoon because of a telecommunications failure affecting air traffic control systems.The ground stop lasted more than four hours before being lifted at approximately 8:15 p.m., leaving thousands of passengers across the country dealing with delays, cancellations and uncertainty about their travel plans. Transportation Secretary Sean Duf