Flights resume at Newark
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FAA ground-stopped Newark, Philadelphia and Teterboro on Sept. 21, 2026 after a Philadelphia TRACON circuit failed and its fiber backup broke; Flightradar24 logged 92 Newark cancellations and nearly 70 diversions.
Disney World flight disruptions continue after an FAA communications failure canceled hundreds of Northeast flights and delayed travelers heading to Orlando.
An Amtrak construction crew severed a fiber line in New Jersey, causing an outage that grounded flights at the three airports.
A construction crew working on an NJ Transit project severed a backup Verizon line, grounding flights for more than a day.
Thousands of flyers had their travel plans disrupted Monday after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a ground stop at Newark Liberty, Teterboro and Philadelphia airports.
Damaged communications lines at a key air traffic control facility in Philadelphia had been repaired, allowing airports across the U.S. Northeast to resume operations after hours of disruptions, the nation’s transportation secretary said Monday evening.
The FAA issued ground stops at Northeast airports after an Amtrak crew accidentally cut a fiber line, causing widespread flight delays.