Fox News reports that the FAA says it has been gradually lifting restrictions and resuming normal air traffic operations as systems come back online, with residual delays and cancellations expected. No formal lifting of the nationwide ground stop has been confirmed.
Fox does not quote the FAA's wording or give a time for the statement. It also says some flights have been cleared to depart for overseas destinations including Germany and Prague.
Main Street Daily reports that the FAA's 5.46pm ET advisory permitted departures as en route facilities recover, through the Air Traffic Control System Command Center, without lifting the stop. It says the FAA's national status page still listed the ground stop at 6.20pm ET.
The next FAA update is expected at 11pm ET, according to Main Street Daily. That is not a confirmed time for a return to normal operations.
MLQ.ai gives a conflicting account, reporting that the FAA status feed showed no active ground stops at 5.03pm ET. It adds that the FAA had not formally announced a lift or a cause.
Fox's description is consistent with the staged release set out in the FAA alert reported earlier, which said the stop remained in effect. It does not establish that the stop has ended.