Any relationship between the Microsoft and air traffic outages?

an airport filled with lots of airplanes parked on top of tarmac

The WashingtonPost.com reported that “Outlook went down, then air traffic systems. It’s been a bad week of outages.”  The November 14, 2026 article entitled “Outlook went down, then air traffic systems. It’s been a bad week of outages.” (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/11/14/bad-week-outages-after-ground-stop-microsoft-outlook-went-down/) included these comments from Reporter  Miriam Waldvogel:

There is no evidence that the global Microsoft outage and the nationwideground stop were related— or that they were cyberattacks or linked to some sort of artificial intelligence threat. Officials on Saturday said maintenance … Read the rest