Flights resuming after equipment outage disrupts Northeast air travel: Duffy
- 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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Hundreds of flights from airports on the US East Coast were canceled or delayed on Monday after a telecommunications line failure caused by a construction error, officials said.
Construction workers accidentally damaged an important line in New Jersey, causing flight stops at several airports.
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American Airlines passenger aircraft and JetBlue Airlines passenger aircraft are seen at gates and on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York on August 27, 2026. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images) OAN Staff Addie Davis6:29 PM – Monday, September 21, 2026 Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that airport operations have returned to normal after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded flights due to…
Flights at U.S. airports were affected by an accidental cut to a fiber optic line.
Flights disrupted across US Northeast due to technical problems at key air traffic centre
Washington, Sep 22: Damaged communications lines at a key air traffic control facility in Philadelphia had been repaired, allowing airports across the US Northeast to resume operations after hours of disruptions, the nation's transportation secretary said. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, including more than 600 into and out of Newark Liberty International Airport, as the outage hit every major airport in the New York City area on Monday. Tra…
US flight chaos: Hundreds of flights canceled at US airports after cable cut during construction
A severe communications failure on Monday led to widespread flight disruptions across the US Northeast, particularly affecting major hubs in New York and Boston. The incident originated from a failure in the primary circuit at Philadelphia air traffic control, alongside a severed backup line. Consequently, thousands of flights experienced delays or cancellations, leaving many passengers stranded, with only gradual return to normalcy in air trave…
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