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Elon Musk made flying even worse so Palantir could profit
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
On August 6, 2026, the Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center experienced a radar and communications outage lasting approximately two hours, disrupting more than 1,100 flights across a nine-state airspace sector covering 330,000 square miles. President Donald Trump departed the White House by Marine One military helicopter on August 4, 2026.