An equipment outage has grounded planes at some major airports in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
“The FAA is pausing flights into Philadelphia International, Teterboro and Newark Liberty International airports due to issues with some frequencies at Philadelphia TRACON,” the FAA told Fox News in a statement earlier Monday.
Since the statement, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Laguardia Airport and Westchester County Airport have also faced ground stops due to the equipment outage, according to the FAA website.
FAA Administrator Brian Bedford said Philly TRACON lost their primary circuit, and when they switched to the backups, they learned the fiber optic cable had a break.
Bedford said the TRACON may come back on at 1:30 p.m. ET if the new circuit is installed. The fiber optic cable, however, will take around 13 hours to fix.
This is a developing story; check back for updates.
