Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was “no indication ” that anything “nefarious” was behind the ground stop, but blamed a telecommunications outage.
\n\nShivani Hawkins had just landed in Los Angeles from the Bay Area when she learned about the nationwide ground stop.
\n\nShe was traveling with her two young children and arrived for a flight tonight to Australia.
\n\n“We don’t have any idea what’s happening with our flight for the next six hours,” she said.
\n\nShivani said the airline gave her family $30 food vouchers each, unprompted. “We’re just hanging out in the LAX area because Friday rush hour traffic has been brutal.”
\n\nMost days this week saw about 100 flight cancelations into and out of the U.S. — so far today, upwards of 5,300 flights have been canceled.
\n\nThe Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, a national nonprofit that represents the U.S. organ donation community, said it is closely monitoring the ground stop.
\n\nThe group said when a flight is disrupted, organ procurement organizations (OPO) work to find safe alternatives, including ground transportation.
\n\nThe association said in a statement it works "around the clock" to "give every donated organ the best possible chance to save a life."
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