Duffy seeks $50 bn from Congress to overhaul US Air Traffic Control System after nationwide disruption

Washington, Nov 14 (UNI) US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has urged Congress to approve nearly $50 billion in additional funding to modernise the country's ageing air traffic control (ATC) system, warning that temporary repairs would not address its growing vulnerabilities. His appeal follows a nationwide ground stop triggered by a telecommunications outage that disrupted air traffic control operations, causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations.The rare decision to halt all US flights was made after "incredibly old" air traffic control routers became overloaded with data and started to give inconsistent readings, US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said. Homeland Security…