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Thousands of US flights snarled before FAA resolves telecom problem

Thousands of US flights snarled before FAA resolves telecom problem

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Thousands of flights across the US were snarled on Monday, with incoming flights halted for hours at major East Coast airports, before the Federal Aviation Administration resolved a telecommunications problem late in the afternoon.
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Flights are disrupted across US Northeast because of technical problems at a key air traffic center

Flights are disrupted across US Northeast because of technical problems at a key air traffic center

Hundreds of flights were canceled in the U.S. Northeast on Monday due to technical problems at a key regional air traffic control center
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Flights resume at JFK, LaGuardia, Newark after outage causes widespread delays

Flights resume at JFK, LaGuardia, Newark after outage causes widespread delays

Flights resumed at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark after an FAA communications outage caused widespread delays and cancellations across the Northeast. Here's what travelers need to know.
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John Glenn Columbus Airport seeing dozens of delays, cancelations

John Glenn Columbus Airport seeing dozens of delays, cancelations

John Glenn Columbus International Airport is one of several airports experiencing delays and cancelations.
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Thousands of US flights snarled due to FAA telecom problem

Thousands of US flights snarled due to FAA telecom problem

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A failed telecommunications circuit and a severed fiber-optic cable snarled thousands of flights across the US on Monday and forced a halt to incoming flights at major airports in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
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US FAA says error messages in telecommunications circuit prompted shift to backup on Sunday

US FAA says error messages in telecommunications circuit prompted shift to backup on Sunday

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The head of the US Federal Aviation Administration said a series of error messages in a telecommunications circuit prompted the agency on Sunday to switch to a backup fiber line before an outage snarled thousands of flights along the East Coast.
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Air traffic control calamity disrupting hundreds of US flights spotlights the aging system

Air traffic control calamity disrupting hundreds of US flights spotlights the aging system

Communications failures that snarled U.S. air traffic Monday highlight the aging systems controllers rely on to guide roughly 45,000 flights a day
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The Latest: MS NOW, CNN and Politico file lawsuit against Trump to restore White House access

The Latest: MS NOW, CNN and Politico file lawsuit against Trump to restore White House access

CNN, MS NOW and Politico have sued President Donald Trump’s administration after they were barred from covering the White House, saying the selective ban was “a blatant violation” of the First Amendment
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CVG experiences delays, cancellations amid Northeast ground stop

CVG experiences delays, cancellations amid Northeast ground stop

The FAA issued a ground stop or ground delay on Sept. 21 for several of the Northeast's biggest hubs due to an equipment outage.
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US says new air traffic control system will not suffer disruptions

US says new air traffic control system will not suffer disruptions

By David Shepardson Sept 22 (Reuters) - The US government is developing a modern, resilient air traffic control system that will not experience massive telecom outages like the one that disrupted thousands of flights this week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Tuesday.
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US air traffic vulnerabilities exposed by old computers, severed cables and stalled upgrades

US air traffic vulnerabilities exposed by old computers, severed cables and stalled upgrades

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - America's aging air traffic control system — reliant on outdated telecom systems, decades-old Compaq computers and replacement parts bought on eBay — keeps failing.
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This year, with shifting political winds, Canada gets more of the spotlight on the UN's stage

This year, with shifting political winds, Canada gets more of the spotlight on the UN's stage

Canada has a new posture on the planet’s biggest diplomatic stage as world leaders convene at the U.N. General Assembly this week