FAA halts East Coast flights after backup fiber cable cut

The Federal Aviation Administration halted traffic at busy East Coast airports, including Philadelphia International Airport, disrupting over 1,000 flights on Monday. The outage occurred after a telecom circuit blew at a Philadelphia air traffic control facility and an Amtrak construction crew accidentally severed a backup Verizon fiber line in New Jersey. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed the incident caused massive air travel disruptions across the region before services were restored following the fiber cable failure.