DALLAS - A telecommunications equipment outage temporarily stopped air traffic at airports across North Texas on Friday afternoon.

What we know:

The Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating an issue that impacted services at Dallas TRACON. That Terminal Radar Approach Control facility handles arrivals and departures at all airports in the area.

"The FAA is slowing flights at Dallas Love Field and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport due to a reported local telephone company equipment issue that does not involve FAA equipment. The FAA is working with the telephone company to determine the cause," the FAA said in a statement.

Status reports showed a ground stop was issued at the two big airports around 1:30 p.m. It was lifted around 3:30 p.m. and replaced with a grou

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