Baby-shower trip canceled at SEA after nationwide ground stop

FOX 13 Seattle pairs Sean Duffy's explanation of the communications failure with a traveler's disrupted Sacramento plans.

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FAA holds briefing after nationwide ground stop + impacts at SEA airport | FOX 13 Seattle

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Cortny Roberts had already arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport when she learned her flight to Sacramento for a baby shower was canceled. "And then it was just canceled," she tells FOX 13 Seattle's Sam Campbell.

Her account gives the station's extended ground-stop coverage a local, practical focus: reopening the airspace did not immediately restore passengers' plans. Campbell reports continued delays and cancellations at SEA after the nationwide halt was lifted.

The report drew about 714,000 views in its first 11 hours, far beyond the station's usual opening day for a regular video. A separate, shorter FOX 13 Seattle report on the flight delays also drew an unusually large audience.

Before the airport reporting, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy describes a router flooding the air traffic system with repeated connection attempts during work to replace copper infrastructure with fiber. He says investigators are examining whether installation error or faulty equipment caused the failure. Asked about outside interference, his answer is qualified: "we don't believe so."

Duffy also outlines modernization work already underway. But the airport segment returns to the immediate consequences for people traveling: Roberts had reached the terminal, only to find that her Sacramento flight would not be taking her to the celebration.

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More from FOX 13 SeattleVideo taking off 12x its usual first dayOcean Shores declares emergency over flooding and shoreline erosionFOX 13 Seattle's report shows surf overrunning the shoreline, though its coastal coverage comes after a look at clogged drains in Edmonds.Channel: FOX 13 Seattle · Story of November 12, 2026 Also in Local news stationsVideo taking off 33x its usual first dayStrangers carpool and a pastor counsels patience in ABC7's LAX reportBehind the stranded travelers, Jericho Tran explains the overloaded routers and switches that stopped flights nationwide, and why officials say it was not a cy…Channel: ABC7 · Story of November 15, 2026 A different discovery todayVideo taking off 5x its usual first dayCaptain Steeeve traces the FAA ground stop to a system called ERAMFilmed at Detroit Metro Airport, his explainer runs from a failed network update to what pilots do when the radio goes quiet.Channel: Captain Steeeve · Story of November 15, 2026

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The numbers

The briefing and SEA airport report drew an exceptionally large early audience for FOX 13 Seattle. Its separate flight-delay update also started well above usual.

the video's first day

usual first day here

1,525

this video

1,101,875

subscribers

405,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

391,392,037

views per day

348,720

typical day: 325,072

the video

views

714,486

likes

807

comments

1,010

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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423,000

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405,000

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397,000

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393,000

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384,000

As of November 15, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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