Northeast Airport Operations Resume After Telecom Disruption

A telecommunications outage caused by a severed fiber-optic line in New Jersey led to flight disruptions at major Northeast airports, including delays at Newark Liberty, Philadelphia International, JFK, LaGuardia, and Teterboro. The FAA paused flights into several airports while backup systems were used, and delays ranged from over an hour to several hours. Officials attributed the incident to construction activities, emphasizing the need for infrastructure upgrades to prevent future disruptions.

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