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Transport chief blames US-wide flight disruptions on upgrade of old copper wiring

Transport chief blames US-wide flight disruptions on upgrade of old copper wiring
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Weary travellers braced for more flight disruptions on Saturday as service resumed from US airports after an hours-long stoppage that the Trump administration blamed on faulty equipment or an error by a contractor tasked with switching out old copper wire communication lines. Friday’s nationwide ground stop sparked widespread chaos and left hundreds of thousands of passengers in limbo, with some…

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