Northeast US airports resume operations after telecom outage disrupts thousands of flights

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44% : And if we don't fix the network design, we're going to continue having these failures," he said.The disruption came as New York prepared to host world leaders and ministers for the 81st United Nations General Assembly, adding to the importance of restoring normal airport operations.By around 6 pm, Duffy said the telecommunications lines had been repaired and airport operations across the Northeast were resuming.
41% : US airports across the Northeast began returning to normal on Monday after a telecommunications failure disrupted air traffic operations at several major airports, causing more than 1,000 flight delays and cancellations.US transportation secretary Sean Duffy said the communications lines had been repaired and operations were gradually resuming, although passengers were still expected to face delays as airlines worked through the backlog."The telecom lines have been repaired, and all airport operations in the Northeast are resuming," Duffy said.The disruption began at around 10 am after a circuit failure at the Federal Aviation Administration's Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control facility knocked out radio and radar equipment used to manage aircraft around several airports.The failure affected New York's John F Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport, as well as Philadelphia, Teterboro and Westchester County airports.The outage meant that flights headed for some of the airports could not land and were instead held at their departure points or diverted to other airports.Flightradar24 said JFK and LaGuardia were added to the list of airports where departing flights were being held because of the FAA equipment failure.

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