Over 7,000 flights cancelled or delayed at major airports in the US due to an equipment outage [SOUND]

# More than seven-thousand flights were cancelled or delayed and over 100 diverted across the US yesterday, after a construction crew accidentally cut a cable needed for air traffic control in Philadelphia. The Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey and Philadelphia International Airport in Pennsylvania were the most affected. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says this incident underscores the need for additional funding to modernise ageing infrastructure and prevent disruptions like this in the future: