Flights resuming after equipment outage disrupts Northeast air travel: Duffy
The outage forced hundreds of cancellations and delays after a primary communications circuit failed and a backup fiber line was cut, officials said.
- A technical failure at an FAA air traffic control facility in Philadelphia disrupted flights across the Northeast on Monday, affecting major airports including Newark, Philadelphia, JFK and LaGuardia.
- The outage began when a primary communications circuit failed, while the backup fiber-optic line had also been accidentally severed during construction work in New Jersey.
- The FAA temporarily halted or restricted flights and diverted some aircraft, resulting in hundreds of cancellations and widespread delays across the Northeast and other parts of the country.
- By Monday evening, technicians had repaired the damaged communications lines and flights were resuming, although officials warned that significant delays could continue through the evening and potentially affect Tuesday operations.
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