A glitch that caused more than four hours of complete flight…
A glitch that caused more than four hours of complete flight cancellations in the US on November 13 began when contractor L3Harris replaced a copper cable with a fiber-optic cable at one of the communication nodes.
Coverage (3 sources)
- Aliens and copper wire. How they explained the mass breakdown of air traffic in the USA — Фонтанка
- To a four-hour disruption of air traffic in the US (one of the largest in history) led the transition from an old copper cable to fiber optics — Meduza
- Mintrans says replacement of a cable at one communication node caused widespread aviation outage in the US — Новая газета Европа
Key entities
- USA
- Sean Duffy
- L3Harris
- The Wall Street Journal
- Ministry of Transport
- Federal Civil Aviation Administration
- FAA