Boston flight delays, cancellations due to cut line in NJ

Catch up quick: The delays started after airports in New York City issued ground stops due to a telecom outage on Monday.

• Transportation officials have spent the last few hours pointing fingers.

State of play: U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy posted on X that an Amtrak construction team "accidentally cut into a fiber line" in New Jersey.

• Amtrak said in a statement that the incident happened on New Jersey Transit property and involved an NJ Transit contractor.
• NJ Transit didn't immediately respond to a call from an Axios reporter.

By the numbers: More than 350 flights were delayed and 50 were canceled at Logan Monday, per CBS Boston.

The latest: Duffy posted before 6pm that the telecom line was repaired and all airports were resuming flights.

Yes, but: A separate ground stop order remained in effect yesterday in Boston due to weather, causing delays of 105 minutes on average, per the Federal Aviation Administration.

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a statement from Amtrak and an update from U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.