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Flavor Flav's Aviation Shutdown Alert
Flavor Flav leads US air traffic shutdown news with 15-minute head start over CNN.
In brief
Flavor Flav leads US air traffic shutdown news with 15-minute head start over CNN. Flavor Flav reported US flight ground stop 15 minutes before CNN, using his Bluesky following to spread the alert. Originally reported by AV Club.
Flavor Flav reports US flight ground stop
Flavor Flav became the first to alert Americans about the nationwide flight ground stop on Friday afternoon.
“Nationwide ground stop on all flights in the US”
Flavor Flav's 15-minute lead over CNN
Flavor Flav's report beat CNN's coverage by 15 minutes after the Federal Aviation Authority announced the shutdown.
Flavor Flav's Christmas sweater link
Flavor Flav shared a link to his Christmas sweaters with a note about mercury retrograde and Friday the 13th.
“Today is the last day of the worst mercury in retrograde AND it’s Friday the 13th”
AI air traffic tool timing
The ground stop follows the FAA's rollout of SMART, an AI tool for air traffic control, one day after its launch.
The bottom line
Flavor Flav reported US flight ground stop 15 minutes before CNN, using his Bluesky following to spread the alert.
