Airports resume operations after massive disruptions in Northeast

Major East Coast airports resumed flights on Monday after a telecommunications failure caused by accidental damage to both primary and backup fiber optic lines disrupted thousands of travel plans during the UN General Assembly. Flights resumed at several major East Coast airports following a telecommunications disruption that resulted in disruptions for thousands of flights Monday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) halted arrivals at major airports in New York, Boston and Philadelphia after the agency’s primary communication line in the region failed and railroad construction workers accidentally cut the backup...