- FAA outage attributed to Iran?2¢2%
The FAA has described the November 13 nationwide ground stop as stemming from a communications issue across Air Route Traffic Control Centers, with technicians actively investigating what officials characterize as an equipment or frequency problem rather than any external interference. No public statements from the FAA, Transportation Secretary, or other agencies have linked the event to Iran or any foreign actor, consistent with prior outages resolved as internal technical failures. Trader consensus at 95.5% against attribution reflects this official framing, the absence of corroborating intelligence or claims, and the high evidentiary threshold for assigning state responsibility in aviation disruptions. Late-stage findings from the ongoing probe or declassified assessments could still shift the outlook if they establish a cyber connection.
Rules
This market will resolve to "Yes" if the U.S. government officially attributes the November 13, 2026, FAA outage to Iran between market creation and November 30, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". The FAA outage refers to the equipment and communications outage that led the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue a nationwide ground stop on departures from U.S. airports on November 13, 2026. A qualifying attribution is a public statement by an authorized representative of the U.S. federal government acting in an official capacity stating that the outage was carried out, caused, ordered, or directed by the Iranian state, including its armed forces (including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)) or intelligence services, or by persons acting on their instructions. Criminal charges filed by U.S. federal prosecutors alleging that the outage was caused on behalf of the aforementioned Iranian state services will also qualify. Attributions to Iranian proxy or partner groups, such as Hezbollah, will not qualify, unless the statement also states that the Iranian state, as defined above, carried out, ordered, or directed the outage. Statements describing Iranian involvement as suspected, likely, probable, or not ruled out, or stating only that the outage bears the hallmarks of or is consistent with Iranian activity, will not qualify. Statements by anonymous or unnamed officials or by governments of other countries will not qualify on their own. Once a qualifying attribution is made, this market will resolve to "Yes" regardless of any later retraction, Iranian denial, or the outcome of legal proceedings. The primary resolution source for this market will be official statements and publications from the U.S. government; however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.