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IrelandDuffy says FAA was replacing copper wiring being discontinued
FOX 2 Detroit's briefing clip puts aging infrastructure at the center of the explanation, while a faulty router or installation error remains a possible cause.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 566,975 views a day, 172 times a normal first day on this channel (3,286).
Sean Duffy says router installation may have caused FAA groundstop
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The maintenance was routine; the wiring it was replacing had reached the end of its life. In a briefing clip on FOX 2 Detroit, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy describes the copper-to-fiber work that preceded the nationwide FAA ground stop.
Duffy says a contractor was switching telecommunications lines at a remote FAA facility. He identifies that contractor as L3Harris and says the company owns the network the FAA uses to control the airspace. The copper wiring was being discontinued, he explains, making replacement necessary.
The clip's title and description point to a faulty router or installation error as possible causes of the shutdown, not a settled finding. Duffy also argues that the FAA is catching up with infrastructure work other American institutions have been doing for decades because investments were delayed.
The Short drew about 225,000 views in six hours, far beyond the few thousand a FOX 2 Detroit Short usually receives across its first day. The station's broader ground-stop explainer and White House briefing coverage also drew unusually large audiences.
Flights had resumed, but the station's separate Detroit airport report followed the disruption on the ground: canceled flights and fully booked hotels left some travelers struggling to rearrange their plans.
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- Channel
- FOX 2 Detroit
- Subscribers
- 509,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,994,147
- Channel views, pace per day
- 668,009 (on a normal day: 260,784)
- Video published
- November 14, 2026
- Video views so far
- 224,990 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 566,975
The numbers
The Duffy clip passed the channel's usual full-day audience for a Short within its opening hours. FOX 2 Detroit's longer ground-stop coverage also drew unusually strong viewing.
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