BREAKING: FAA says nationwide ground stop lifted

So we are now hearing, Jacob, that the groundstop has been lted, this groundstop that has been. in place for more than four and a half hours now, we are told, by the Federal Aviation. Administration has been lifted. There is no indication exactly. how that will impact travel tonight. Obviously, it will allow planes to. begin to take. off domestically once again, but at this point, it remains unclear how many of those flights are in the. right place. to go where they need to go, whether the pilots are available to continue.

with their travel as we have seen as well, as you've likely experienced when you're. traveling and you run into weather delays. or other delays. Sometimes they time out and beyond already. There have been more than 5 thousand cancellations. tonight, more than 370 for 370 plus cancellations for. tomorrow. But this should allow the process to. begin the ripple effects as it shuts. THEY SHOULD RIPPLE THE OTHER WAY. AS THEY SLOWLY BEGIN TO REOPEN AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS JUST DEVELOPING.

AS WE'RE SPEAKING AT THIS TIME RIGHT. NOW BUT AGAIN, OUR REPORTING AS WE ARE. UNDERSTANDING IS THAT. THE F .A .A. COMMAND CENTER. NATIONWIDE GROUNDSTOP HAS BEEN CANCELED, THAT'S THE MOST INFORMATION WE HAVE NOW. COMING FROM AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. WE DO EXPECT WE'LL HEAR FROM. WE WILL SHARE THAT AND HOPEFULLY. GET BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT THE. CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED US TO THIS. PLACE AND ALLOWED THEM TO REOPEN. IT AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT, PETER ALEXANDER, WITH THE UPDATE THAT THE NATIONWIDE, AND I'M JUST LOOKING. AT IT HERE ON MY COMPUTER AS WELL, REMARKS IN THE MOST RECENT AIR TRAFFIC. CONTROL ADVISORY, NATIONWIDE GROUND. STOP, THE FAA command center nationwide. groundstop has been canceled. And of course, Peter, there's still a lot of. questions. There are questions about how this happened, about why it happened, about the communication during the incident, about what we knew from the moment. that this began. These planes were instructed to go down to.

the ground. The planes were grounded all across the country. and where ultimately we're going to get answers. And one of the places that we're looking. and people that are looking are people. at airports across the country. Joining me now is MSNOW reporter Alex Tavitt. He's live at the Denver International Airport. He's been covering this all day for us. Alex, WHAT'S THE SITUATION IN DENVER NOW. THAT WE HAVE THIS NEWS? WELL, JACOB, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE. CUSTOMER. SERVICE LINE RIGHT HERE AT UNITED.

AIRLINES AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL. IT STARTS OVER THERE AND AND IT'S SNAKES ALL THE. WAY DOWN OVER HERE. OUR ROCKSTAR PRODUCER NORMAL KEE TALKED TO SOME. OF THE PEOPLE IN LINE. MOST OF THEM SAY THAT THEY'RE ON. CONNECTING FLIGHTS AND THEY'RE. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE bags are right now. because their flights right now, they're not sure if they're going. to be able to take off. Let me show you the board right here. As you can see, all the text in white is. on time all the text in yellow is delayed and. all the text.

in red as cancelled if you zoom. out there Raoul you can see a lot of yellow, a lot of red, not that much white. We will see if this ground stop news. or the fact that it's been lifted. is going to change anything for now we have people. like my friend here Lori just. absolutely Duluthie pardon, absolutely chilling as she waits. to hopefully take a flight to. visit her daughter over in Germany. Now we talked to a bunch of different travelers.

over the last couple of hours, I want you to hear what they had to. to say very sad I don't really. get to see my dad often he travels. for work so this is my only chance. to see him for two TAKE A LOOK. AT HIM FOR TWO DAYS. SO I MIGHT NOT EVEN GO SEE HIM. YOU KNOW, IT IS FRIDAY THE 13th, YOU HAVE TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED ON. FRIDAY THE 13th.

I HOPE THE FLIGHTS COME BACK. IF THEY DON'T, GOD HEAVENS ME. I DIDN'T WANT A HOLIDAY in denver airport yeah i. think. we need some beers yeah yeah. for sure yeah waiting for the snows. and for the connection flight why. beers why is beer's the answer. right now culture so if everything. IF ANYTHING GOES DOWN, YOU HAVE TO DRINK PIER'S. NOW, JACOB, WE'LL BE HERE FOR. THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS REPORTING ON. THE LATEST HERE.

I'M GOING TO TEXT MY GERMAN FRIENDS. AND SEE IF I CAN JOIN I'M GOING TO TEXT. MY GERMAN FRIENDS AND SEE IF I CAN JOIN. THEM FOR A COUPLE BEERS. I WOULD NOT POP THE TOP QUITE YET, ALEX, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT NEXT. WHAT IS THE MOOD THERE? HAVE PEOPLE GOTTEN WORD AT THIS. THAT ON THE GROUND STOPS. I KNOW THE NEWS BROKE SECONDS. BEFORE I TALKED TO YOU, THAT THE GROUND STOP HAS EVIDENTLY BEEN LIFTED. IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE OF THAT ON THE GROUND? I DON'T SEEM TO SEE ANY THERE IS ANY EVIDENCE. OF ANYTHING SHIFTING HERE. THE LINES ARE MOVING AS SLOW AS THEY HAVE BEEN.

PEOPLE ARE STILL QUEEN UP. MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEIR FLIGHTS CANCEL AND. LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. ANY CHANGES IN THE LAST COUPLE MINUTES. ON THE GROUND DOWN IN DENVER. AS WE WAIT FOR WORD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE? NOT WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT HERE ON THE GROUND. WE SEE THIS CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE GROW AND GROW. WE SEE PEOPLE STILL CHECKING IN, GOING THROUGH TSA, HOPING THINGS WILL CHANGE. BUT RIGHT HERE ON THIS BOARD, THERE ARE STILL SO MANY DELAYS, JACOB. THERE ARE SO FEW.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE CASCADING EFFECTS. OF THIS GROUND STOP REPORTEDLY BEING. LIFTED COME TO FURTITION, AT LEAST NOT YET ON THE. GROUND HERE AT. DENVER INTERNATIONAL.