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Flight disruptions cause more than 200 delays at RDU: 'It's a mess'
ABC11 News • • business
Key Points:
- A contractor accidentally cut a fiber-optic line near the FAA tower at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, causing an FAA ground stop that led to widespread flight delays and cancellations.
- The FAA tower was later restored, but the disruption affected many travelers, including Bill Hunt, whose international flight to Rome was canceled, forcing him to find alternative travel arrangements.
- Hunt secured a seat on a different flight departing from Charlotte and had to arrange ground transportation to reach that airport due to ongoing cancellations at RDU.
- Other passengers, like John Haney, experienced delays but found them manageable, with many flights delayed rather than canceled.
- As of Monday afternoon, RDU Airport reported 212 flight delays and nine cancellations due to the outage.
