Dallas – Federal officials said that hundreds of flights inside and outside Dallas were late or canceled on Friday, as telecommunications equipment issues were disrupted, one of the busiest airports in the country.
The Federal Aviation Administration said that it slows down flights at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport due to “the issue of the reported local phone company equipment.” The same problems were also affecting Dallas Loew Field, according to the agency, which said the case did not include FAA equipment.
The Federal Aviation Administration expects the delay to continue well on Friday night.
According to Flightaware, as of Friday afternoon, nearly 700 flights were delayed to DFW airport while about 200 were delayed. About 160 flights were delayed to the field of love and exit from it during the cancellation of one flight.
A FAEL FILD spokesman said they were in “continuous contact” with partners including FAA as they “work to manage the situation and reduce disturbances.” DFW Airport on the social platform X said that the Federal Aviation Administration was running the delay in air traffic in the region.
From Friday afternoon, the departure from Love Field was late at a rate of about 30 minutes, according to the FAA website. At DFW airport, the land station was in place for American airlines, and flights were delayed on other airlines.
All flights in both airports were stopped for more than an hour.
The US Airways Company said that the Federal Aviation Administration has reported “a problem that involves the telecommunications supplier at the air traffic control facility that supervises the airspace in the Dallas Fort Worth region.”
The Federal Aviation Administration said that the problems in Dallas were not related to the aging equipment on which the air traffic control or deficiency units depend on the control units that included both of them Flights At Newark Liberty International Airport earlier this year. The federal government is now working Technology reform After Congress agreed to $ 12.5 billion and hired thousands of other controllers, but it is likely to take years.