FAA halts flights to major US East Coast airports amid outage
Summary
The FAA stopped flights at several busy East Coast airports due to a broken fiber optic cable that hurt air traffic control systems. The outage caused thousands of delays and cancellations, especially at Newark Airport, but flights have started resuming at some airports as repairs continue.Key Facts
- The FAA halted flights at JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, Boston Logan, Philadelphia, and Teterboro airports due to equipment failure.
- A damaged fiber optic line between New Brunswick and Newark caused the problem.
- The damage was caused accidentally by an Amtrak construction crew.
- More than 1,000 flights were delayed or cancelled at Newark alone.
- Overall in the US, about 4,000 flights were delayed and 500 cancelled.
- Flights began resuming at LaGuardia, Philadelphia, and Boston as repairs progressed.
- United Airlines waived change fees for affected passengers and rerouted some flights.
- The problem happened on the day world leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly meeting.
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