00:00Hundreds of flights were disrupted across the New York and Philadelphia areas Monday.
00:04The disruption began after a construction crew accidentally cut a Verizon fiber-optic cable in New Jersey.
00:11The damaged line affected a backup data feed used by air traffic controllers.
00:16The outage impacted the Philadelphia TRACON facility, which guides flights around Newark and Philadelphia.
00:22More than 600 Newark flights were canceled by 6 p.m., said according to FlightAware.
00:27Philadelphia also recorded more than 200 cancellations and over 400 delays.
00:32The FAA halted flights bound for Newark and Philadelphia as the problem unfolded.
00:37More than 100 Newark-bound flights were forced to divert to other U.S. airports.
00:42Some international flights were redirected after traveling for hours from Europe.
00:47Flights into LaGuardia and JFK were also temporarily halted.
00:51Repairs to the fiber line allowed flights to resume Monday evening.
00:54The incident also renewed concerns about aging U.S. air traffic control infrastructure.
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