FAA halts flights to major US East Coast airports amid outage

FAA halts East Coast flights due to equipment outage, affecting major US airports in New York, Newark, and Philadelphia.Published On 21 Sep 202621 Sep 2026The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has halted flights to several busy East Coast airports amid an equipment outage, snarling more than 1,000 flights.On Monday, the FAA issued ground stops at large commercial airports, including New York’s John F Kennedy International (JFK) and LaGuardia; Newark Liberty International in New Jersey, as well as Boston Logan and Philadelphia International Airport.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4US warns hundreds of Boeing jets may require seat safety inspectionslist 2 of 4FAA says Trump’s Marine One briefly flew too close to passenger jetlist 3 of 4Bombardier pushes back as Trump threatens aircraft sales banlist 4 of 4US threatens to ground Iranian airlines worldwide from Wednesdayend of listThe 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.US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on social media platform X that flights have...