An influence outage at John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport Terminal 1, pictured in 2020, disrupted flights.
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An influence outage at John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport Terminal 1, pictured in 2020, disrupted flights.
Kathy Willens/AP
An influence outage on the John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport terminal disrupts flights. the airport stated Thursday.
The shutdown of Terminal 1 was attributable to {an electrical} panel malfunction, which additionally led to a small hearth throughout the night time, which was instantly extinguished. in keeping with the airport. In keeping with a discover within the Federal Aviation Administration’s safety database, the terminal’s ramp might be closed till Friday.
The shutdown “impacts the terminal’s capacity to obtain incoming and outgoing flights,” the airport stated, and it’s “working to simply accept affected flights utilizing different terminals.”
In keeping with the JFK web site, some incoming flights have been diverted to different airports on the east coast. The flight from New Zealand, scheduled to land at 5:40 pm ET, was as a consequence of return to Auckland, flight-tracking web site FlightAware revealed.
The airport recommends to vacationers examine your flight standing earlier than touring to JFK and plan for further time in your itineraries.
