The number of canceled flights in the United States surpassed 3,000 shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Friday, the 13th, in the Eastern Time zone (8:30 p.m. Brasília time), according to FlightAware, a flight-tracking site. More than 370 flights scheduled for Saturday, the 14th, had also already been canceled. In Brazil, three flights bound for Canada were experiencing delays.
The United States ordered the suspension of all departures in the country for safety reasons. The measure was taken on Friday the 13th by the United States Federal Aviation Administration after the agency reported a communications problem affecting air traffic control towers.
