# US FAA says telecom circuit error messages prompted Sunday shift to backup

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- Reuters, 2026-09-23 22:35 UTC
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- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-faa-says-error-messages-telecommunications-circuit-prompted-shift-backup-2026-09-23/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ab45418f43c0f000136b95d

> The head of the US Federal Aviation Administration said repeated error messages on a telecommunications circuit led the agency to switch to a backup fiber line on Sunday, before an outage disrupted thousands of flights along the East Coast.

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