25 days ago · New York
Thousands of US flights disrupted after fibre cable accidentally cut
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. ABC Australia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to New York. The first report grouped here was at 21 Sept 2026, 21:23 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Thousands of US flights disrupted after fibre cable accidentally cut”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by ABC Australia
Thousands of US flights disrupted after fibre cable accidentally cut
- Picked up by ABC Australia
US flights in chaos as communications fail and cable accidentally cut
- Picked up by ABC Australia
US flights chaos as communications fail and cable is accidentally cut
Reported by 1 outlet
- ABC