US-bound flights out of Australia grounded as telecommunications outage affects American travel

Sydney and Melbourne airports say grounding of planes from US airports led to delays for some flights US flight outage – live updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Some US bound flights from Sydney Airport have been grounded in response to American authorities halting departures and delaying landings at all US airports. Flights from Melbourne Airport were also affected, with passengers expected to depart for Los Angeles shortly after 10am being so far delayed by