Area control center
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Sep 21, 2026
Amy MorrisCORRESPONDENT
There are ground stops at JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, Teterboro, and Philadelphia International Airports.
Amy MorrisCORRESPONDENT
Flights were stopped because of a circuit failure in part of an old telecommunication system in the Philadelphia Air Traffic Control Center.
Amy MorrisCORRESPONDENT
FAA administrator Brian Bedford told reporters a fiber cable had been cut.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The cut is, I'm told, 600 feet, somewhere between New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Newark, New Jersey.
Amy MorrisCORRESPONDENT
I'm Amy Morris.
Amy MorrisCORRESPONDENT
Flights to all major New York area airports, including Newark, JFK, and LaGuardia, were stopped because of a circuit failure in part of an old telecommunication system in the Philadelphia Air Traffic Control Center.
Amy MorrisCORRESPONDENT
FAA administrator, Brian Bedford.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Uh, this is one of the old L3, uh, Verizon circuits that's part of our obsolescence replacement plan.
Hunter SalingHOST
I got a package for a different ATC.
Hunter SalingHOST
I got a package from the Air Traffic Control Center.
Hunter SalingHOST
So I think my box of live rats went to the air traffic control center.
Hunter SalingHOST
Which one? Because you
Jeremy ElderHOST
sent a box to ATC.
Melissa AdanCORRESPONDENT
She's saying she's concerned about his medical status, also his ability to communicate with legal counsel.
Michelle FranzenHOST
The FAA announced it's shutting down airspace in parts of the Northeast for about 30 minutes to make initial repairs after a communication system outage at the Air Traffic Control Center overseeing airports in New Jersey and Philadelphia that caused ground stops at Newark and Philadelphia airports.
Michelle FranzenHOST
Federal aviation officials say they realize the backup frequency line failed, too, that had been cut in New Jersey at a construction site.
Michelle FranzenHOST
On Wall Street this hour, stocks are up.
Melissa AdanCORRESPONDENT
She's saying she's concerned about his medical status, also his ability to communicate with legal counsel.
Michelle FranzenCORRESPONDENT
The FAA announced it shutting down airspace in parts of the Northeast for about 30 minutes to make initial repairs after a communication system outage at the Air Traffic Control Center overseeing airports in New Jersey and Philadelphia that caused ground stops at Newark and Philadelphia airports.
Michelle FranzenCORRESPONDENT
Federal aviation officials say they realize the backup frequency line failed, too, that had been cut in New Jersey at a construction site.
Michelle FranzenCORRESPONDENT
On Wall Street this hour, stocks are up.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The C-130 had earlier taken off from Andrews Air Force Base and is continuing on its original flight path to its home base in Minnesota.
speaker_3NARRATOR
A crew member alerts O'Brien that he sees black smoke rising in the distance, and O'Brien reports the sighting to Cleveland Air Traffic Control Center.
speaker_3NARRATOR
You say black smoke in sight, asks a Cleveland Center controller.
speaker_3NARRATOR
That's affirmative.
speaker_3NARRATOR
At just before 10.10am, Nisipani once again asked for permission to shoot down any suspected hijackers, only to be told, negative, negative clearance to shoot.
speaker_3NARRATOR
The unknown aircraft over Washington DC will later be identified as an F-16 orbiting the capital.
speaker_3NARRATOR
At 10.14am, NEADS Technical Sergeant Shelley Watson gets in contact with the FAA's Washington Air Traffic Control Center to ask for an update on United 93.
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I
Dan SnowNARRATOR
Flight 11.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
Boston Air Traffic Control Center instructs the pilots to climb to 35,000 feet, but receives no reply.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Boston Center, good morning, American 11 with you, passing through 190 to 230.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
American 11, turn 20 degrees right.
8 MINS LATER
Dan SnowNARRATOR
Flight 11 changes course drastically, making a 100 degree turn southwards, tracing the Hudson River towards the Big Apple.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
8.30 a.m.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
Neighboring air traffic control centers are alerted to the hijacked planes.
speaker_10SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Okay, we just lost, um, connection.
Johnny PringHOST
In late July, southwest France experienced a devastating series of wildfires.
Johnny PringHOST
Despite their proximity to Bordeaux's main airport and the neighbouring area control centre operated by DSNA, the French ANSP, there was limited disruption to French airspace.
Johnny PringHOST
How did DSNA's management, air traffic controllers and air traffic safety engineers cope with this potential crisis? And what are the lessons learned for future resilience? To find out, I spoke with DSNA's Chief Operating Officer, Guillaume Blondel.
Johnny PringHOST
Guillaume, thank you very much for joining us on the Canso Air Traffic Management Podcast.
NickHOST
A short time later, the flight was given clearance to descend to 10,000 feet as part of their initial descent toward St. Martin.
NickHOST
The San Juan Air Route Traffic Control Center then advised the crew that there was weather at St. Martin and it was below their landing minimums for the airport.
NickHOST
This being because the airport actually requires a visual final approach to the runway.
NickHOST
Even to this day, actually, this airport has limited instrument approaches.
11 MINS LATER
MirandaHOST
Oh my God, you've used so much fuel.
NickHOST
The flight was subsequently cleared to St. Thomas via a direct route at 4,000 feet by the St. Martin controller.
NickHOST
3.31 p.m., the flight was instructed to contact the San Juan Air Route Traffic Control Center again.
NickHOST
The crew reviewed their fuel at this point and noted that the gauges were erratic, but momentarily stabilized around 850 pounds of fuel.