By early afternoon, FlightAware counted 681 flights affected. Some departures had resumed at JFK and LaGuardia by 1:30 p.m., while Newark appeared to remain grounded.
The FAA has not yet said whether the JFK and LaGuardia stops were caused by the same problem.
A Philadelphia controller shared the cause of yesterday's equipment outage with waiting pilots.
FAA administrator Brian Bedford told reporters that the primary circuit into that air traffic control facility, which carries in and out data, failed Monday morning.
Then, the agency discovered that the backup fiber optic line had been severed somewhere between New Brunswick and Newark, New Jersey.
Amtrak said that the fiber cut did not involve one of its crews. "This incident occurred on New Jersey Transit property and involved a New Jersey Transit contractor. Questions regarding the outage and related work should be directed to New Jersey Transit," a spokesperson said.
I have not heard yet on our local news what happened to thoss boobs.
ReplyDeleteSeems kinda dumb to have three major airports use ONE fiber line and not have an alternative backup
ReplyDeleteEXACTLY! But the concept of redundant systems is great until it meets the bean counters analysis - that's my guess. Then there's the dept of govt efficiency, and the GOA, none of which prevent wasting money on an effing ballroom no one needs or will use.
DeleteI guess that they were spreading the need among three airports budgets to get an approval from the FAA for the fiber optic network... just a guess
Here's a question, how simple is it NOW for anyone to wipe out the damn east coast airports if they want to make a 9-11 version 2.0?
Anyone or group who want to create chaos now know how and where to take out 3 important airports to create some chaos, with a single damn back hoe or excavator.
Just like when Heathrow was knocked out last year https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-fire-at-electrical-substation-knocked.html and now anyone that wants to take out airports is aware all they have to do is trebuchet some chains onto the power lines at that substation.
Keep in mind, a guy in Afghanistan worked out how to use airliners to hit the Pentagon, the White House, and the World Trade Center towers. But having a handful of zealots learn how to fly planes. Yeah, it's that simple to create chaos.
We still haven't heard the truth on how the Covid 19 Virus got out of Wuhan and onto the airlines and into every country around the world to upset all civilization with a damn molecular level germ.
So, it's kinda dumb that one moron with no awareness of the fundamental rule to call 811 before digging "Digalert" was the fool that brought awareness to the people the USA has made enemies out of ( Cuba, Venezuala, North Korea, Russia, China, Iran, etc) of just how simple and easy it is to screw up our nation