Claims extracted
28
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
21%
6 of 28 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Toronto Star's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
A nationwide ground stop ended around 8:15 p.m. ET, and some domestic flights have now departed from U.S. airports.
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flights → end → airports
However, normalizing air traffic after the longest flight stoppage in 25 years will be slow, authorities warned.
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authorities → normalize → years
Officials say the system is likely to be operating normally in time to handle the Thanksgiving travel rush.
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system → say → rush
Here’s what to know.
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Here → know → what
Flights have resumed but disruption continues
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disruption → resume → ?
The Federal Aviation Administration said airplane departures could late Friday evening Eastern time.
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departures → say → ?
Passengers should contact their airlines for information about their flights, the FAA said.
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FAA → contact → flights
The ripple effect from the stoppage could be felt for days, however.
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effect → feel → days
More than 2,500 flights were canceled in the U.S. on Saturday and hundreds more were delayed, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks flight disruptions.
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that → cancel → disruptions
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Americans traveling that getting air traffic back to normal won’t be quick.
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getting → warn → traffic
International flights are being handled on a case-by-case basis, according to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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flights → handle → Mullin
San Francisco airport said that flights headed across the Pacific Ocean were cleared to leave the airport from Friday evening.
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flights → say → evening
That included flights destined for Hawaii and Asia.
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That → include → Hawaii
Europe’s aviation agency suspended U.S.-bound departures at the request of the FAA from 5 p.m. Eastern on Friday until midnight.
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agency → suspend → midnight
Airlines are obligated to offer free rebooking on another flight for travelers who want to continue their journey, or a refund if their flight was canceled and they decide not to take the trip.
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they → obligate → trip
The reason for the grounding
New technology being hooked up to the nation’s air traffic control system overloaded antiquated equipment, Trump administration officials said.
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officials → hook → equipment
That caused “intermittent” communications and radar gaps, leading to the flight shutdown of more than four hours, according to officials.
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That → cause → officials
Duffy suggested more disruptions might occur.
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disruptions → suggest → ?
“We didn’t think we would have this kind of outage.
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we → think → outage
We did,” he said.
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he → do → ?
The air traffic control modernization began last year after Congress approved $12.5 billion of funding.
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Congress → begin → funding
Duffy and the White House are pushing for $30 billion more to complete the work.
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Duffy → push → work
The Microsoft outage and cyberattacks were unrelated to the stoppage
Microsoft said it had no indication that the ground stop was related to the service disruption that took Outlook and other services offline Thursday, a spokesperson for the company said.
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spokesperson → say → company
Mullin said there is no indication the failure was related to a cyberattack, either.
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failure → say → cyberattack
“There was never any lives at risk,” Mullin added.
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Mullin → be → risk
FAA was able to handle it.
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FAA → handle → it
We did it.”
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We → do → it
The ground stop was enacted “out of an abundance of caution,” he said.
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he → enact → caution
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