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Miami and LAX footage captures airports during U.S. departure halt

The un-narrated feed shows parked aircraft, taxiway queues and a landing as communications problems disrupt departures nationwide.

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EN VIVO | Suspensión de vuelos en Estados Unidos

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0:00A helicopter camera circles Miami International Airport, showing aircraft at gates and on taxiways.
4:31A broadcast slate interrupts the airport pictures before the feed switches locations.
7:44Ground-level footage begins at Los Angeles International Airport beneath heavy cloud cover.
8:46An American Airlines aircraft lands while the departure suspension is the subject of the coverage.
13:00Rows of parked aircraft fill the frame, with the LAX Theme Building visible beyond them.

From above Miami International Airport, the camera circles planes parked at gates and along taxiways. Later, at Los Angeles International Airport, an American Airlines aircraft lands beneath heavy clouds while other planes move slowly across the airfield.

Spain's EL PAÍS published the footage as "EN VIVO | Suspensión de vuelos en Estados Unidos", meaning "Live: Flights suspended in the United States". Rather than a narrated bulletin, it provides airport views during Friday's nationwide departure suspension, with a brief interruption for broadcast slates before switching from Miami to Los Angeles.

The accompanying report says the Federal Aviation Administration ordered departing flights to remain on the ground until further notice, citing extraordinary circumstances and safety concerns after reporting serious air traffic control communications problems. International arrivals were to be handled case by case. The landing visible at LAX is an important distinction: a departure halt does not mean every aircraft is stationary.

The report also describes uncertainty inside Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, where airline employees were announcing delays without knowing how long they would last. Those passenger exchanges are described in the accompanying text, not heard in this silent feed.

At LAX, the camera picks out aircraft from American, Delta, United, Frontier and LOT Polish Airlines, with rows of domestic and international planes at the gates. Storm clouds fill the background, but the report identifies communications problems, not weather, as the reason for the nationwide order.

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