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FAA outage snarls flights at Newark, JFK, LaGuardia airports
foxbusiness.com • • general
Key Points:
- An Amtrak construction crew accidentally cut a fiber-optic line in New Jersey, causing a telecommunications outage that forced the FAA to pause flights across parts of the Northeast, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
- Flights at LaGuardia (LGA) and Philadelphia International (PHL) airports have resumed, while operations remained paused at Newark Liberty (EWR), John F. Kennedy (JFK), and Teterboro (TEB) airports.
- The FAA reported that Philadelphia TRACON lost its primary circuit and discovered the broken fiber-optic cable when switching to a backup system, leading to the flight disruptions.
- Secretary Duffy emphasized the need for additional funding to modernize aging FAA infrastructure and telecom systems to prevent similar incidents in the future.
- The Department of Transportation is working on upgrading FAA equipment and telecom architecture but has yet to secure all necessary funding to accelerate this progress.
