# US Air Traffic Control Outage: Officials Cite Aging FAA Equipment - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2121433359985594430 - Source account: [@Juliedonuts](https://x.com/Juliedonuts) - Source language: English - Duration: 3:29 - Published: 2026-11-14 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment) really certain right now. It doesn't appear that way. [0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=3) We are, um, we've activated our teams. This is what Department of Homeland Security is all about. [0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=8) This is why we were stood up, uh, to have a continuity of government, to bring all the resources together in an emergency like this. [0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=15) This is exactly what this is. This is a national emergency. [0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=18) Um, we have all of our assets, be it from DOW to CISA, uh, to all of our NOCs, uh, then all the other components we have inside of DHS. [0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=28) Uh, NSA is working with us. There is nothing that indicates it yet. [0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=33) Now, when we start looking at cyber threats, cyber attacks, typically some people is going to raise their hand up and say, "Hey, we did that." [0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=41) There's no chatter. Um, we haven't seen any, any footprints, as you would say, or, or, or, or, um, uh, identifications of people that got into the system. [0:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=52) It appears that this was mechanically driven. [0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=55) However, we're still looking, so we're not going to rule that out. [0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=59) I want to hit back on to what Secretary Duffy said with the, with the funding. [1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=64) This is a national security risk. We just saw what took place when we have vulnerabilities and we have old systems. [1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=72) The president has declared this a national emergency, and now we have to have Congress act and fund it. [1:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=79) This is vitally important that we get this system built. [1:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=83) The president has said this, Secretary Duffy has said this multiple times. [1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=87) Our air traffic control system is outdated, and it hasn't been a priority from Congress. [1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=92) And so it, this is, this is what happens when Congress kicks the can down the road. [1:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=97) But, so when you say that you guys haven't seen footprints suggesting- Right ... a cyber attack and nobody's taken credit for a cyber attack, have you seen any evidence specifically? [1:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=106) Can you tell people who are watching- No. We have seen, we have seen- ... and don't believe it because they saw my colleagues- We have seen zero evidence, we've seen zero evidence, ... and don't believe it because they saw my colleagues- We have seen zero evidence, we've seen zero evidence, [1:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=113) uh, that this was, that this was a, a cyber attack or a SI attack. [1:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=118) But, so then it must be something else. What is the other thing? [2:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=120) What caused the instability? So it's very easy. [2:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=125) We have old, uh, old switches, old routers. [2:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=129) We use, uh, 1980s, uh, little copper lines. [2:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=134) It's an old system that went down and went down everywhere. It got overloaded. [2:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=138) Can I- So, so, uh, what, here, right now we've opened up the airspace. [2:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=144) We've got our centers and our TRACONs operational. [2:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=147) Uh, it would be much, and I don't want to rule out that we didn't have nefarious activity here. [2:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=152) That's Mark Wayne and the, uh, cybersecurity team that works with us. [2:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=156) We were able to, uh, deploy fixes to, uh, reduce the overloading on our, on our, um, on our switches, that we're able to bring the networks back online and our TRACONs and our centers back online. [2:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=170) So I think our fix gives us a pretty good indication that it was a legacy, uh, network problem that went down. [2:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=179) And by the way, all of the new equipment that we put in, none of that went down. [3:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=183) This is all the old legacy equipment that's existed forever. [3:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=186) By the way, none of your networks run on 1980 technology. [3:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=191) You all got fiber, state-of-the-art, high-speed networks that, that cover all of your stations, but not the FAA. [3:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=199) Uh, I think the, the American people deserve the same, same kind of network that you all use, the same kind of connectivity and speed that you all use. [3:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aDQJUb03EMVi/en/us-air-traffic-control-outage-officials-cite-aging-faa-equipment?t=206) That's what we're asking the Congress to give us.