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business17 days ago•1 min saved

Newark-Philly flight disruptions ease after backup feed outage

Flight disruptions in Newark and Philadelphia eased on Tuesday after a fiber-optic cable cut in central New Jersey knocked out a backup air-traffic control feed, snarling travel the day before. As of 7:10 a.m. ET, about 60 flights at Newark were canceled (roughly 5% of the day’s schedule) and around 30 at Philadelphia (about 2%), down from Monday’s widespread outages when hundreds of flights were affected and many international arrivals were diverted to other cities. The FAA switched to the damaged backup system after the main one failed, and United Airlines offered flight attendants extra pay to pick up Newark trips to ease delays.

via CNBC|

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world1 month ago•4 min saved

UK ATC Glitch Triggers Widespread Flight Delays as Heathrow Leads the Chaos

An hours-long air traffic control outage disrupted UK air travel, causing hundreds of delays and cancellations at Heathrow and across major airports. On Tuesday about 1,300 UK flights were canceled; by Wednesday, dozens of flights were canceled again, nearly all at Heathrow, with Gatwick and other airports affected as airlines reposition crews and aircraft. NATS apologized and said the system is fit for purpose but is working to clear a growing backlog, and UK officials summoned the NATS chief to explain the disruptions, which echo a 2023 outage prompting calls for reform.

via cnn.com|

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