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US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut

239 points · 150 comments · allanbreyes

cube00 · 1790017251 · focus · HN ↗
> When it went to flip into the backup, we discovered that the backup fiber had a break
Pretty grim that a life critical system wasn't designed to report that the backup fibre was unserviceable until they attempted to switch over to it.
I wonder how long it was down? Days, weeks, months?
1. krashidov · 1790018516 · focus · HN ↗
  Could this be sabotage?
  1. imglorp · 1790028651 · focus · HN ↗
    There are 400,000 to 800,000 utility strikes a year in the US. Sure you could bury (!) an instance or two of sabotage in there with an "oops".
    Recently, I tried calling 811 before digging in my yard. The webpage was broken and the hotline kept me on hold forever. I gave up. Small wonder.
    <a href="https://blackhydrovac.com/underground-utility-strikes-learn-the-risks-remedies/" rel="nofollow">https://blackhydrovac.com/underground-utility-strikes-learn-...
    expedition32 · 1790061914 · focus · HN ↗
    In my country if you want to dig into the ground more than a few meters you'd need to get a permit. Officially everything that is buried is registered but every once in a while they find an old pipe that nobody knows what it is for.
    imglorp · 1790092363 · focus · HN ↗
    Yes that was the 811 I referred to - a US compliance and permitting hotline. They send any utilities mapped in your digging area to come mark their buried lines.

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