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Former air traffic controller explains outage that caused domino effect of flight delays

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A cut cable at a Philadelphia air traffic control facility caused significant flight delays. Former FAA air traffic controller S. Todd Yeary detailed how the accidental damage led to the disruption. The incident created a domino effect affecting numerous flights.

Flights were disrupted after a cable line was accidentally cut at an air traffic control facility in Philadelphia. S. Todd Yeary, a former certified air traffic controller with the FAA, explains what happened and why.

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