Key Takeaways
- Cardi B vented on Instagram Live after the Nov. 13 nationwide flight grounding led to her flight being canceled. “Something feels very eerie right now in America,” she said.
- The rapper brought up an unfounded viral rumor about a 90-day blackout, joking, “Chile, people are going to be eating each other.”
- Router upgrades disrupted air traffic control communications and triggered the four-hour ground stop, with more than 15,000 flights delayed or canceled.
After her flight was one of thousands canceled nationwide on Friday (Nov. 13), Cardi B went live, bringing up recent conspiracy theories and expressing her frustration at being unable to get home.
On Instagram, Cardi shared her thoughts after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded planes for the longest national flight stoppage since Sept. 11, 2001.
“Something feels very eerie right now in America,” she said. “I don’t know what it is, but I’m scared.”
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The rapper then brought up the 90-day blackout rumor that has spread this month on social media, seemingly stemming from a misunderstanding of a real U.S. military readiness strategy known as FORTRESS America.
“People keep saying it’s supposed to be a blackout for 90 days,” Cardi said. “Chile, people are going to be eating each other.”
Toward the end of her Live session, Cardi said how ready she was to get back home.
“I’ll do anything to get home,” she said. “Bitch, I’ll click my heels.”
Friday’s flight stoppage reportedly came as routers in Arkansas and Texas were upgraded from legacy copper wiring to fiber-optic cables. This caused the equipment to flood air traffic control systems with data, which created communication instability.
The situation led to delays or cancelations for more than 15,000 flights between Friday and Saturday.
The stoppage was lifted four hours after it began, and airlines were expected to resume full schedules by Sunday night.
