Construction crews accidentally cut a Verizon fiber cable in New Jersey, causing a circuit failure that disrupted air traffic control systems. The outage led to hundreds of flight cancellations and delays across the US, particularly in the Northeast, with ground stops at major New York airports.
Background
Air traffic control systems depend heavily on fiber optic networks for reliable communication and data transmission; infrastructure failures like this expose systemic vulnerabilities in critical transportation networks.
- Source
- The Verge
- Published
- Sep 22, 2026 at 07:48 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10