Comms Circuit Failure and Backup Fiber Cable Cut Blamed for Monday's Major Northeast US Airport Disruption
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A Single Cut Cable Just Shut Down Five Northeast Airports, and It Shows Exactly How Fragile Flying Really Is
A construction crew working on a completely unrelated project in New Jersey triggered one of the most disruptive days at American airports this year, and most of the travelers stranded by it never learned why until hours later. On September 21, a primary data circuit failed at the Philadelphia facility responsible for directing air traffic […]
Verizon's optical backup cable failure during New Jersey Transit diverted more than 150 flights and affected four US airports
A New Jersey Transit construction team caused real chaos in U.S. air transport on the second (21). The reason? Officials unwittingly cut a fibre-optic reserve cable from the Verizon operator and, subsequently, a circuit failure was identified precisely at Philadelphia's air traffic control centre. In the end, more than 150 flights were diverted. According to Flightradar24 platform data, the logistic blackout directly affected Newark, LaGuardia, …
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