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Massive East Coast air travel disruption caused by accidentally cut fiber line, Duffy says

CBS News · September 21, 2026 at 6:31 PM

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says 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.

CBS News' Lilia Luciano reports.

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Massive East Coast air travel disruption caused by accidentally cut fiber line, Duffy says

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