Radar, Radio Outage Roils Flights Around New York City, Northeast

An equipment outage triggered by a cut fiber communications line in New Jersey disrupted air travel across the U.S. Northeast on Monday. The disruption caused significant delays for passengers and led to flights being diverted. The short report notes the impact extended across the region, with flights at Newark affected among other services. The cause was traced to communications infrastructure damage rather than weather, but the excerpt does not provide details on how long the outage lasted, how many flights were impacted, or which airlines were most affected.