Fiber cut by construction crew leads to ground stop and delays at several major airports

A Federal Aviation Administration equipment outage is causing significant flight delays at five major Northeast airports after construction contractors dug up and cut a Verizon cable, the company said in a statement to CNN.

The impacted airports are Newark Liberty International, Teterboro, Philadelphia International, LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International.

“We have a fiber cable running adjacent to an Amtrak rail line in New Jersey. Construction contractors working in the area dug up and cut our cable,” the Verizon statement said, specifying the telecommunications company was not responsible for the damage.

“We and our partners are actively working to repair the damaged cable and restore connectivity as quickly as possible.”

The outage comes as hundreds of diplomats and world leaders are meeting at the United Nation’s New York headquarters for the General Assembly beginning Tuesday .

The FAA has issued ground stops at the airports “due to issues with Philadelphia TRACON,” the agency said in a statement.

Philadelphia TRACON is a facility that integrates radar approach control and air traffic control operations.

Delays out of Teterboro are the longest, with the airport reporting more than 255 minutes.

Arrivals have resumed at the Philadelphia Airport in a limited capacity, according to the FAA .

The FAA did not provide a timeline for lifting the ground stops.

威瑞森公司在一份发给 CNN 的声明中表示，由于建筑承包商挖断了威瑞森公司的一条电缆，导致美国联邦航空管理局的设备故障，造成东北部五个主要机场的航班严重延误。

受影响的机场包括纽瓦克自由国际机场、泰特伯勒机场、费城国际机场、拉瓜迪亚机场和约翰·F·肯尼迪国际机场。

Verizon在一份声明中表示：“我们在新泽西州有一条光纤电缆紧邻Amtrak铁路线。在该地区施工的建筑承包商挖断了我们的电缆。”声明还明确指出，该公司对此次损坏不承担责任。

“我们和我们的合作伙伴正在积极努力修复受损电缆，尽快恢复网络连接。”

此次停电正值数百名外交官和世界领导人在联合国纽约总部参加周二开始的联合国大会之际。

美国联邦航空管理局在一份声明中表示，由于“费城终端管制中心出现问题”，该机构已下令各机场停飞。

费城终端雷达进近管制中心是一个集雷达进近管制和空中交通管制运行于一体的设施。

泰特伯勒机场的延误时间最长，机场报告称延误时间超过 255 分钟。

据美国联邦航空管理局称，费城机场已恢复有限程度的航班抵达。

美国联邦航空管理局没有给出解除地面停飞令的时间表。