Fiber Cut Grounds East Coast Flights as FAA Outage Delays Major Airports
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A fiber line cut in New Jersey during Amtrak construction triggered an FAA equipment outage that forced ground stops at major East Coast airports (JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, Boston Logan, Philadelphia). Newark experienced the heaviest disruption with 1,000+ delays or cancellations, while nationwide delays neared 4,000 with about 500 cancellations. Some airports resumed operations, but Newark, JFK, and Teterboro remained paused as restoration could take up to 13 hours.
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- Northeast US airports resume operations after telecom outage disrupts thousands of flights The Times of India
- Ground stop lifted at PHL, but major delays expected to continue following equipment outage 6abc Philadelphia
- Flights resume at PHL after severed fiber line triggers FAA ground stop NBC10 Philadelphia
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