Hundreds of flights into Newark, New York, Philadelphia disrupted after Verizon fiber line cut
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Hundreds of flights to and from the New York area and Philadelphia were canceled, delayed or diverted Monday after a Verizon fiber cable was accidentally cut during construction in New Jersey, severing a backup feed of key data for air traffic controllers,…
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Hundreds of flights to and from the New York area and Philadelphia were canceled, delayed or diverted Monday after a Verizon fiber cable was accidentally cut during construction in New Jersey, severing a backup feed of key data for air traffic controllers,…
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