Word: groundedness
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Since all commercial planes are grounded, any transport would likely be via military planes.
The series of attacks sent the nation into a state of emergency: within minutes of the Pentagon crash, officials evacuated the White House and U.S. Capitol, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded all airplane takeoffs nationwide, the first such safety measure in U.S. history. All international flights were diverted...
The first crash had changed everything; the second changed it again. Anyone who thought the first was an accident now knew better. This was not some awful, isolated episode, not Oklahoma City, not even the first World Trade Center bombing. Now this felt like a war, and the system responded...
SOUTH DAKOTA: Commercial flights from Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Pierre and other South Dakota cities grounded.
TENNESSEE: Department of Energy's nuclear weapons and research complex in Oak Ridge put under heightened security. All flights from Tennessee's major airports grounded. Planes were allowed to land.