On September 21, 2026, a fiber optic cable accidentally cut at a construction site caused ground stops at major East Coast airports including New York's JFK and LaGuardia, Philadelphia, and Boston, disrupting thousands of flights as world leaders arrived for the UN meeting. Flights resumed later that day.
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One cable cut shuts everything down? Great infrastructure you got there. Who needs backups? www.cbc.ca/news/world/u... The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted flights at busy East Coast airports in New York, Philadelphia and Boston on Monday, saying a fibre cable was accidentally cut at a construction ...
The Federal Aviation Administration halted flights at busy East Coast airports in New York, Philadelphia and Boston on Monday, saying a fibre cable was accidentally cut at a construction site in New Jersey. Ground stops were issued for John F. Kennedy Airport and LaGuardia airports, as well as an airport in Teterboro, New Jersey, as 130 world leaders and dozens of ministers are arriving in New
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u... The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said flights were starting to resume at some busy East Coast airports after an accidentally cut cable forced a ground stop in New York, Philadelphia and ...
Flights resumed at several major East Coast airports following a telecommunications disruption that resulted in disruptions for thousands of flights on Monday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted arrivals at major airports in New York, Boston and Philadelphia after the agency’s primary communication line in the region failed and railroad construction workers accidentally cut the...