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Monday, September 21, 2026

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted flights at multiple airports in the Northeast on Monday, citing the accidental cutting of a fiber cable at a construction site in New Jersey.

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Flights in and out of major airports in the Northeast were halted after the sudden loss of air traffic communications, the FAA said. A ripple of flight cancellations and delays, starting in Newark and Philadelphia before reaching New York, followed.

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-- The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 4:55 PM · Sep 21, 2026

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The noxious orange pedo ----- up again.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-21 04:39 PM | Reply

Imbecile

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-21 08:21 PM | Reply

DOT blamed Amtrak.
Amtrak blamed NJ Transit.
NJ Transit acknowledges a work crew cut the line - BUT NJT is investigating because it says the utility markings on this project were off by 10 feet.

NJT says 36 of 56 severed fiber lines have been repaired and should be back on line soon
x.com

#3 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-22 12:16 AM | Reply

They don't do "Call before you dig"?

LOL.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-09-22 12:31 AM | Reply

Don Winslow
@donwinslow

9h
Dear
@washingtonsun
,

No. This is a -------- headline. Here's the truth:

"Trump's Department of Transportation accidentally cut a fiber line during Air Traffic Control system renovations"

WHY ISN'T THAT YOUR HEADLINE????????????????

It was not a "EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION"

x.com

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-22 01:05 AM | Reply

Our infrastructure is frighteningly fragile, that is for sure.

#6 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-09-22 06:01 AM | Reply

Construction site?

------ Sopranos....who else???

#7 | Posted by brass30 at 2026-09-22 08:41 AM | Reply

#5

Trump is an unmitigated disaster, but you are just wrong here.

#8 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2026-09-22 10:45 AM | Reply

Man....I'm seeing this shit happen more and more.

Gonna be hard to insure contactors that can potentially make this mistake if this shit keeps happening.

#9 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-22 10:46 AM | Reply

"This incident underscores the need for additional funding to modernize aging infrastructure and prevent disruptions like this in the future," Duffy wrote on social media Monday.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, " which President Trump signed into law last year " provided the FAA with $12.5 billion to modernize the national air traffic control system. Officials from the aviation agency have asked for an additional $10 billion from Congress to upgrade the air traffic control system."

What would the additional funding do to impact cutting a buried fiber line?

Would an upgrade render the fiber line unnecessary or provide some sort of redundancy that would have averted this shutdown?

#10 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-22 10:52 AM | Reply

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