ATC
Construction Accident Cripples Northeast Air Traffic
ATC outage was caused by an accidental cable cutting
Business aircraft at Teterboro Airport
Northeast business aviation hub Teterboro Airport was one of the gateways affected by yesterday’s air traffic control interruption.

Traffic was snarled at several major Northeast U.S. airports yesterday afternoon due to “equipment outages” at the Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON). As a result, the agency ordered ground stops at Newark Liberty International (KEWR), Philadelphia International (KPHL), John F. Kennedy International (KJFK), LaGuardia (KLGA), Teterboro (KTEB), and Westchester County airports. 

According to reports, the primary communications line at the FAA’s Philadelphia facility failed earlier in the day. The outage was compounded by the accidental severing of a Verizon fiber-optic cable running parallel to the Amtrak rail line in New Jersey.

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