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2:30 p.m. September 11, 2001: FAA: No Commercial Flights in US for at Least One Day

2001-09-11 2:30 p.m.

The FAA announces that there will be no commercial air traffic in the United States for at least a day. According to CNN, the FAA says this operating status will remain until noon on September 12, “at the earliest.” [CNN, 9/12/2001; CBS News, 2002, pp. 15]