disasterPhiladelphia, United States
Air traffic control failures disrupt Northeast flights
A failed primary circuit and a cut backup fiber-optic cable simultaneously disrupted air traffic at a Philadelphia FAA facility. More than 5,600 flights were delayed or canceled, including 1,200 at three New York-area airports; Newark had no commercial arrivals for nearly eight hours.
13hours
AllegedThe FAA administrator said the fiber break would probably take 13 hours to repair.