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Trump points to aging equipment in early flight-shutdown remarks

Peter Doocy relays the president's preliminary assessment, while Laura Ingraham presses for a specific technical explanation.

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BREAKING: Trump comments on FAA ground stop

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0:23Doocy says Trump does not think a cyberattack or AI caused the ground stop.
0:48Trump points to aging infrastructure awaiting replacement, according to Doocy's account of their phone conversation.
1:43Doocy reports that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has returned to the White House.
2:42No briefing is officially scheduled, but reporters have not been told public events are finished for the day.
4:00Ingraham calls for specific technical explanations about air traffic control and communications.

President Donald Trump described the nationwide flight halt as a crisis involving aging infrastructure, according to correspondent Peter Doocy, who said he had spoken to him by telephone.

Reporting from the White House North Lawn for Fox News, the U.S. broadcaster, Doocy relays Trump's early assessment: the disruption did not appear to involve a cyberattack or artificial intelligence. That was a preliminary explanation, not a completed investigation into the Federal Aviation Administration's departure shutdown.

"He says it does not seem like this is a cyber attack or AI or anything like that," Doocy tells host Laura Ingraham. He also reports Trump's observation that no group had claimed responsibility. That observation alone does not establish what caused the failure.

According to Doocy, Trump instead pointed to old, broken infrastructure equipment awaiting replacement, some of it as much as 55 years old. The segment does not identify a particular failed component or establish how it disrupted communications nationwide.

The report, titled "BREAKING: Trump comments on FAA ground stop," also captures the uncertainty about when officials would explain more. Doocy notes that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had returned to the White House after an appearance elsewhere in Washington, without giving a reason for his return.

Asked about a public briefing, Doocy says none had been officially scheduled at that point. But the White House had not called a "lid," the notice telling reporters that no further public events are expected that day.

Ingraham calls for transparent, technically specific answers about air traffic control and communications, rather than broad reassurance. Doocy's closing response is direct: "They're going to have to explain."

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