NEW YORK, November 14. /TASS/. The number of delayed or canceled flights in the US due to a system failure has exceeded 15,000, the FlightAware website reported.

According to its information, 8,501 flights within, to, or from the US were delayed and 7,218 flights were canceled.

Earlier, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suspended departures from all airports nationwide for approximately 4.5 hours due to issues with air traffic control equipment. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy later said that the outage was caused by outdated equipment, for the replacement of which the US Congress must allocate $50 billion.