Equipment outage hits major East Coast airports with delays, cancellations

An equipment failure in the Northeast has caused the FAA to issue ground stops and delays at several major East Coast airports. The disruption originated from a construction accident where a crew accidentally sliced through a communications cable. This damage impacted a flight radar system, resulting in widespread flight delays and cancellations across the country. These technical outages forced ground stops at some of the busiest airports in the region to manage the resulting transportation chaos.