2026-09-21T17:00:47.338Z / 路透社
作者：戴维·谢泼德森
2026年9月21日 下午5:00 UTC 更新于32分钟前
- 一张2025年5月7日摄于美国新泽西州纽瓦克的照片显示，纽瓦克国际机场停机坪上的联合航空公司航班，背景为纽约天际线。路透社/爱德华多·门多萨/档案照片 购买授权，打开新标签页
- 摘要
- 企业
- 因130位世界领导人即将抵美出席联合国大会，空中交通陷入混乱
- 联邦航空管理局局长称纽约肯尼迪和拉瓜迪亚机场航班将恢复运营
- 费城、纽瓦克机场航班恢复时间暂未明确
华盛顿9月21日路透电 — 美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）周一暂停了美国东海岸繁忙机场的航班运营，一条电信线路故障且备用光纤被意外切断后，逾千架航班受影响。
事件一度迫使纽约地区三大机场以及费城、波士顿和纽约地区两座小型机场暂停 incoming 航班。
《错误信息监控》简报汇总国际错误信息叙事，每期都设有“真实还是虚假？”测验。点击此处订阅。
航班停摆当日，恰逢130位世界领导人及数十名部长抵纽约出席联合国大会年度高级别会议。
广告 · 继续滚动阅读
此次事件暴露了美国老化空中交通管制系统的脆弱性，国会去年已拨款125亿美元用于系统升级。
联邦航空管理局局长布莱恩·贝德福德表示，备用线路也出现故障，但他们已恢复纽约约翰·F·肯尼迪国际机场和拉瓜迪亚机场的航班运营。他表示，目前尚不清楚费城和纽瓦克机场的航班何时能恢复。
因流量溢出而停飞的波士顿地面停飞令也已解除。
贝德福德称，联邦航空管理局不会在“确保空域安全”之前，恢复受影响机场的 incoming 航班运营。
贝德福德表示，通信中断与费城空中交通管制设施的部分频率有关，该设施负责上述机场的空中交通管制。随后当局发现，新泽西州的一支施工队伍意外切断了备用光纤线路。
仅纽瓦克机场就有逾千架航班延误或取消。全美范围内共有近4000架航班延误、500架航班取消。
“当切换至备用线路时，我们发现备用光纤出现断裂，据告知，修复该光纤断裂可能需要13小时，工程量巨大。与此同时，我们现已准备好安装新线路，”贝德福德说道。
航班追踪网站FlightAware表示，费城终端雷达进近管制区域内，纽瓦克和费城机场有超过600架航班（占比逾20%）出现延误。纽瓦克是联合航空公司（UAL.O）的主要枢纽，而费城则是美国航空公司（AAL.O）的枢纽。
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/faa-halts-some-us-east-coast-flights-due-communication-issues-2026-09-21/
此次事故还迫使多架航班转降其他机场。航班追踪网站Flightradar24称，纽瓦克机场航班平均延误时长为112分钟。
2025年5月，负责引导纽瓦克机场进出港航班的设施曾发生一系列严重通信中断事件。
联邦航空管理局表示，去年费城终端雷达进近管制区域曾因电信中断影响通信和雷达显示。
去年，国会批准了125亿美元拨款，用于解决老化的空中交通管制系统问题，并在多年来针对机场拥堵、航班延误以及近期一系列技术问题的投诉后，增加管制员招聘。
广告 · 继续滚动阅读
戴维·谢泼德森报道 富兰克林·保罗、奥罗拉·埃利斯与戴维·格雷戈里编辑
我们的标准：汤森路透信托原则，打开新标签页
US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut at construction site
2026-09-21T17:00:47.338Z / Reuters
By David Shepardson
September 21, 2026 5:00 PM UTC Updated 32 mins ago
A view shows United Airlines at the tarmac at Newark International Airport, as the skyline of New York is seen in the background from Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
- Summary
- Companies
- Air traffic snarled as 130 world leaders due to arrive for UN
- FAA chief says traffic resuming at JFK and LaGuardia in New York
- Unclear when flights will resume in Philadelphia, Newark
WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration halted traffic on Monday at busy U.S. East Coast airports, snarling more than 1,000 flights after a telecom circuit failed and a backup fiber cable was accidentally cut.
The issue at one point forced a halt to incoming flights at all three major New York-area airports as well as Philadelphia and Boston and two smaller airports in the New York area.
The Misinformation Monitor newsletter rounds up international misinformation narratives, with a “Real or Fake?” quiz in every edition. Sign up here.
The flights were halted on the day that 130 world leaders and dozens of ministers were arriving in New York for the annual high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
The incident demonstrated the fragility of the aging U.S. air traffic control system, which Congress awarded $12.5 billion for upgrades last year.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said a replacement circuit had also failed but said they were resuming traffic to John F. Kennedy Airport and LaGuardia Airport. He said it was not clear when flights might resume at airports in Philadelphia and Newark.
A ground stop at Boston, which stopped accepting flights because of spillover volume, was also lifted.
The FAA will not restart the system for incoming flights at the affected airports “until we make sure the airspace is safe,” Bedford said.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
The loss of communications was tied to some frequencies at a Philadelphia air traffic control facility that handles air traffic for the airports, Bedford said. Then authorities discovered that a backup fiber line was accidentally cut by a construction crew in New Jersey.
At Newark alone, more than 1,000 flights had been delayed or canceled. Throughout the US there were nearly 4,000 delayed flights and 500 canceled.
“When it went to flip into the backup, we discovered that the backup fiber had a break, and that fiber break is probably 13 hours to repair. It’s massive, I’m told. Meanwhile, we’ve got the new circuit ready to install now,” Bedford said.
FlightAware, a flight-tracking site, said more than 600 flights at Newark and Philadelphia, or more than 20%, had been delayed at Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control. Newark is a major United Airlines (UAL.O) hub, while Philadelphia is an American Airlines (AAL.O) hub.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/faa-halts-some-us-east-coast-flights-due-communication-issues-2026-09-21/
The issue has also forced the diversion of a number of flights to other airports. Flightradar24, a flight-tracking site, said flights were being delayed by an average of 112 minutes at Newark.
In May 2025, the facility that guides air traffic in and out of Newark airport suffered a series of significant communications outages.
The FAA said last year a telecommunications outage impacted communications and radar displays at Philadelphia TRACON.
Last year, Congress approved $12.5 billion to address the aging air traffic control system, and boost controller hiring following decades of complaints over airport congestion and flight delays and a series of technology issues in recent years.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
Reporting by David Shepardson, Editing by Franklin Paul, Aurora Ellis and David Gregorio
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab
发表回复