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Strangers carpool and a pastor counsels patience in ABC7's LAX report

Behind the stranded travelers, Jericho Tran explains the overloaded routers and switches that stopped flights nationwide, and why officials say it was not a cyberattack.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,138,504 views a day, 33 times a normal first day on this channel (34,877).

Hours-long ground stop causes delays, leaves LAX passengers stranded

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0:00Marc Brown reports the nationwide ground stop has been lifted, but delays and cancellations continue across the country.
0:58Stranded LAX travelers describe missed events, delayed reunions and a carpool formed with strangers.
3:06Jericho Tran explains the cause: air traffic control switches and routers overloaded with data.
3:52At the White House, Duffy calls it an old analog system overload and Mullin says no cyberattack so far.
4:40The Transportation Department is seeking funding from Congress to modernize aging aviation equipment.
6:06Advice for anyone flying in the next few days: check your flight status closely for lingering delays.

Andre had known his travel companions for only a few hours. "That whole group we just met today and we're just going to carpool it," he tells ABC7. His plan was one of many improvised answers at Los Angeles International Airport after a nationwide ground stop held flights across the country.

Anchor Marc Brown opens with the stop already lifted, but reporter Leanne Suter finds that the lines have not cleared. Kash Jaeger is cutting it fine: "I'm going to get there two hours before this band plays tomorrow." Wanda Marshall expects to make it by the next morning. Pastor Maurice Rudds offers the most quotable advice of the report: "Pack your patience and take it all in stride."

The second half turns to the cause. Jericho Tran explains that air traffic control telecommunication switches and routers were overloaded with data, and sums it up bluntly: "The system's old, and it needs an upgrade." At a White House briefing, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy describes an overloaded analog system. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says nothing so far points to a cyberattack. Tran adds that the Transportation Department is asking Congress for money to modernize aging equipment.

The report passed a million views within 20 hours, far beyond what a regular ABC7 report usually draws on its first day. The comments came in more than twenty times faster than usual. Many ask why officials did not explain sooner, and a popular reply points out that the stop fell on Friday the 13th.

This is not the station's usual kind of hit. ABC7's most-watched uploads include freeway chases and dashcam footage, but this time the drama was a terminal queue. A short follow-up of travel tips from ABC News' Clara Mcmichael ran even further ahead of the channel's usual Shorts. The station also covered pro and college teams scrambling to rearrange their travel.

Tran ends with plain advice: anyone flying over the next few days should check their flight status closely.

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What viewers say

Gosh, I feel so bad for those having to deal with this.
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I wouldnt wish a 24 hour flight delay in LAX upon my worst enemy. The strongest of men go mad in those walls 🥀
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Well it is Friday the 13th
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