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FAA Bans SFO Landings After AI Flags Safety, Allocates $4M

6/21/2026

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The FAA banned landings at San Francisco International Airport in April after its AI tool Foundry flagged safety issues.
The FAA runs Foundry with Palantir, which merges radar and incident data to spot runway-safety patterns.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford announced almost $4 million for Foundry in the FY2027 budget, with analysts using its alerts to adjust SFO landings, expecting slower arrivals as runway-incursions fell to three in 2026 from 11 in 2023.

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The FAA banned landings at San Francisco International Airport in April after its AI tool Foundry flagged safety issues.
The FAA runs Foundry with Palantir, which merges radar and incident data to spot runway-safety patterns.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford announced almost $4 million for Foundry in the FY2027 budget, with analysts using its alerts to adjust SFO landings, expecting slower arrivals as runway-incursions fell to three in 2026 from 11 in 2023.