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Amtrak crew accidentally cuts Verizon fiber, triggers East Coast flight disruptions

Transportation Secretary Duffy attributes major air travel outages to an accidental fiber line cut in New Jersey.

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What to know

  • An Amtrak crew accidentally cut a Verizon fiber line in New Jersey on Monday, causing a widespread outage.
  • The fiber line outage triggered major air travel disruptions across the East Coast.
  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy publicly identified the accidental cutting as the root cause of the disruptions.

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Amtrak crew accidentally cuts Verizon fiber, triggers East Coast flight disruptions
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Sep 22yesterdaynow · 5:46 AM ET
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    Transportation Secretary Duffy identifies cause of East Coast flight disruptions

    Sean Duffy publicly stated that an Amtrak crew accidentally cut into a Verizon fiber line in New Jersey on Monday, causing the outage that led to major air travel issues.

    “an Amtrak crew accidentally cut into a Verizon fiber line in New Jersey on Monday, causing an outage that led to major air travel issues along the East Coast…”
    — Sean Duffy
  2. background

    Amtrak crew accidentally cuts Verizon fiber line in New Jersey — An Amtrak crew cut into a Verizon fiber line in New Jersey, causing an outage that led to major air travel issues along the East Coast.