Telecom outage at Dallas airports: 430 flights cancelled, hundreds delayed – All you need to know

A telecommunications outage severely disrupted air travel at Dallas Love Field and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Friday. The FAA reported that a local telephone company equipment failure caused air traffic controllers to lose radar and phone communications, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations and delays. Airlines issued travel waivers, and officials monitored the situation as the FAA worked to resolve the issue.