President Trump on Sunday blamed the Biden administration’s handling of the Federal Aviation Administration for causing Friday’s nationwide ground stop to air traffic that saw thousands of flight delays and cancellations.
“The Biden Administration was an FAA disaster. Everything they touched turned bad. Big money spent unwisely, making an old and broken system worse than when they began,” Mr. Trump said on social media.
“We have the knowledge and plan for the Flight Control Systems, we need Congress to give the money, fast! Our FAA is doing a great job, and is ready to go,” the president added.
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In a separate post, Mr. Trump said President Joseph R. Biden’s approach to running the FAA “set it back years.”
More than 9,000 flights were canceled and nearly 25,000 flights were delayed by a contractor trying to update the agency’s telecommunications hardware, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Saturday.
Mr. Duffy said the scheduling issues should be back up to speed by Sunday evening.
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