Some US-bound flights from Sydney Airport have been grounded in response to American authorities halting departures and delaying landings at all US airports, The Guardian reported.
The Guardian's headline describes the disruption as a telecommunications outage affecting American travel. The summary of the report does not specify the cause of the outage beyond that description.
Sydney and Melbourne airports said the grounding of planes from US airports led to delays for some flights, according to The Guardian. Flights from Melbourne Airport were also affected, with passengers expected to depart for Los Angeles mentioned in the report's summary.
The Guardian's summary does not say how many flights or passengers were affected, how long the grounding lasted, or whether services have resumed. It also does not identify the airlines involved.
The report also states that the US-bound grounding concerns flights departing from Australia. The summary does not say whether the same restrictions apply to flights arriving in Australia from the United States.
This account rests on The Guardian's summary alone. No other outlet's report was available for comparison, so the details of the grounding are single-sourced.
The Guardian's summary also lists a live-updates feature on the US flight outage, which is linked from the same coverage, according to the outlet.