Microsoft denies its services caused US flight stoppage

Washington (ANTARA) — Microsoft said on Friday (13 November) that it had “seen no indication” that a nationwide flight stoppage in the United States was connected to its services.

“We see no indication that the FAA’s nationwide flight stoppage is related to any Microsoft services,” the company said in a post on X.

The statement came after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted flights across the country following a telecommunications disruption that affected an air traffic control centre.

At the same time, Microsoft was dealing with a separate global outage affecting email and other online services.

The company said the outage was caused by several servers suddenly going offline, placing additional strain on the systems that remained operational.

The FAA said the nationwide flight stoppage was imposed as a precaution, while confirming that all flights were being monitored properly.

The authorities added that international flights would be handled on a case-by-case basis.

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said FAA technicians were investigating the “communications problem” and that further information would be provided as soon as it became available.

US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin also told reporters there was no reason to believe the nationwide flight stoppage was connected to the Microsoft service disruption.