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21 September 2026

US flights in chaos as communications fail and cable accidentally cut

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US flights in chaos as communications fail and cable accidentally cut

A failed telecommunications circuit and a severed fibre-optic cable have snarled thousands of flights across the US and halted incoming flights at major airports in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.

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