U.S. halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut at construction site
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U.S. authorities halted flights at several busy East Coast airports after a fiber-optic cable was accidentally cut at a construction site. The telecom failure and subsequent severance of a backup fiber line resulted in over 1,000 flight delays affecting major hubs, including New York's John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports, as well as Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
The disruption occurred as approximately 130 world leaders and dozens of ministers converged on New York for the annual high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), heightening the operational significance of the transit delays.
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The Hindu (IN)Emphasizes the disruption's impact on world leaders attending the UN General Assembly.
Channel NewsAsia (SG)Focuses on the technical failure, telecom specifics, and scale of flight delays.
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