Power Outage Forces Air Traffic Changes
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Airplanes flying over Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and West Virginia were rerouted and others grounded when air traffic controllers lost nearly all communications with pilots after a backup system failed during a power outage. Technicians restored the system at the Air Route Traffic Control Center in Oberlin after about an hour, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Tanya Wagner said. The FAA said the problem appeared to involve MCI communications equipment. MCI officials did not return a call for comment.
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