Watch live: FAA grounds San Diego airport, all others across U.S.

The FAA has ordered a nationwide groundstop, grounding all airports across the United States, including San Diego International Airport, citing extraordinary circumstances and safety considerations. The directive was described as a broad nationwide measure affecting airports coast to coast, with San Diego among the impacted facilities. Specific operational details or timelines for when normal service would resume were not provided in the source material.

According to NBC 7 San Diego, the decision to halt air operations extended to San Diego and was framed as a nationwide grounding. The report emphasizes the broad scope of the action and the safety rationale behind stopping departures and arrivals, but does not include further particulars on the duration or phased resumption plan. The NBC 7 coverage reflects the central takeaway: the entire U.S. air-transport system was paused as authorities assess the extraordinary circumstances.

Yahoo News UK adds detail about the scope of the incident by noting the Heathrow tail-strike event involving a British Airways Airbus A321neo on BA431 from Amsterdam to Heathrow. The incident occurred during the approach to Terminal 5, with reports indicating a go-around followed by a second landing, and that the aircraft landed safely around 10:49 am. The reporting indicates the left main gear touched down first, then the right, and the tail impact at least twice in what was described as a double tail strike, according to multiple outlets cited in the piece.

NationalWorld and NationalWorld’s aggregation of sources highlight a divergence in aircraft type for the Heathrow event, with Times Now and Gulf News identifying the aircraft as a British Airways A321neo, while Simple Flying and AAIB-focused reporting describe a DHL-branded freighter, an Airbus A300-600F operated by European Air Transport Leipzig, as part of a related tail-strike scenario. Both strands describe a go-around and a second landing that resulted in the aircraft being written off in the AAIB bulletin narrative, though the BA431 framing presents a separate airline/operator narrative. The reports consistently place the event on approach to Heathrow and note the later safe landing.

The Sunday Guardian contributes context on a separate incident, reporting on a viral video showing a training aircraft making a hard landing at Solapur Airport in Maharashtra, with a female student pilot involved. The piece frames the event in terms of online visibility and social media attention, but does not provide aircraft type, registration, operator, date, time, injuries, or official statements. The article concentrates on the video’s circulation and the alleged circumstances surrounding the hard landing.

Facebook-based aviation-news content for SmartMarty Sky summarizes Brisbane Airport’s Airside Safety Team activities, focusing on the airside operations and the well-known yellow vehicles used by the team. The material highlights local personnel from Redlands who work in airside roles, implying a community connection to airfield safety. However, it does not specify exact dates, locations on the airfield, outcomes, or incident details beyond the general description of airside safety work.

Fox 59’s aviation-news segment for SmartMarty Sky reports that the FAA’s grounding directive included floor-to-floor groundstops for departing traffic at Indianapolis International Airport as part of the immediate operational response. Officials indicated that technicians are investigating the cause of the disruption, with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy commenting on the situation. The report notes there is no published timeline for resolution in the material, and it focuses on the grounding order, the ongoing investigation, and the lack of a stated resumption timeline.