Texas Longhorns Flew by Charter to Louisiana Last Night, Play LSU on the Road Today
Affected by the Federal Aviation Administration's nationwide ground stop, the No. 6-ranked University of Texas Longhorns were stranded in Austin, Texas on the evening of November 13, but after the ground stop was lifted, they flew by charter to Louisiana for their road game on November 14 against the No. 21-ranked Louisiana State University team. The Longhorns had originally planned to fly by charter from Austin to Baton Rouge on the afternoon of November 13, but the entire team was asked to deplane after boarding; after the ground stop was lifted, the team instead departed on a 10 p.m. Central Time charter on the evening of November 13 and arrived in Louisiana that night. Team officials had discussed taking an eight-hour bus ride to the road game and postponing the game to Sunday or Monday, but ultimately chose to fly so as not to disrupt pregame preparations and affect competitive performance. The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop on the afternoon of November 13 due to an air traffic control communications system failure, halting all flights nationwide for more than four hours; it was the first nationwide ground stop in the United States since a January 2023 system failure.
Source: Sports Illustrated and 247Sports
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