A cut cable disrupted hundreds of flights across the US
A cut cable disrupted hundreds of flights across the US
一根光缆被切断，导致全美数百个航班受阻
Hundreds of flights were cancelled or delayed on Monday after construction crews in New Jersey accidentally cut a Verizon fiber cable used for air traffic control. 周一，由于新泽西州的施工人员不慎切断了一根用于空中交通管制的 Verizon 光缆，导致数百个航班被取消或延误。
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said that a circuit failure led to the discovery of the severed fiber cable, ABC News reports. The outage hammered airports across the Northeast, causing ground stops at all three major New York City airports. 据美国广播公司（ABC News）报道，美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）局长布莱恩·贝德福德（Bryan Bedford）表示，电路故障导致了这根光缆被切断的问题被发现。此次中断严重影响了东北部的机场，导致纽约市所有三大主要机场被迫停飞。
In a statement to CNBC, Verizon said that it bore “no responsibility for this incident,” putting the blame on “construction contractors working in the area” that “dug up and cut our cable.” Verizon 在给 CNBC 的一份声明中表示，公司对“此次事件不承担任何责任”，并将责任归咎于“在当地施工的承包商”，称他们“挖断并切断了我们的光缆”。
Ironically, it looks like trains may have taken out the planes, but fingers are still being pointed. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said an Amtrak crew accidentally cut the line, but AP reports that Amtrak blames a New Jersey Transit crew for the disruption. “This incident occurred on New Jersey Transit property and involved a New Jersey Transit contractor,” an Amtrak spokesperson told NBC4. 讽刺的是，看起来似乎是火车导致了飞机停飞，但各方仍在互相指责。美国交通部长肖恩·达菲（Sean Duffy）称是美国国铁（Amtrak）的工作人员不慎切断了线路，但美联社（AP）报道称，美国国铁将此次中断归咎于新泽西捷运（New Jersey Transit）的工作人员。美国国铁的一位发言人告诉 NBC4：“该事件发生在新泽西捷运的物业范围内，且涉及新泽西捷运的承包商。”
As of Monday evening, Duffy said that “the telecom lines have been repaired, and all airport operations in the Northeast are resuming,” but cautioned that it will take “some time to clear all existing delays.” According to FlightAware, there were over 1,000 canceled flights today in the US. 截至周一晚间，达菲表示“电信线路已经修复，东北部所有机场的运营正在恢复中”，但他提醒称，需要“一些时间来清理所有现有的延误”。据 FlightAware 数据显示，今天全美有超过 1,000 个航班被取消。