Flight disruptions ease at Newark, Philadelphia following equipment outage

Flight disruptions eased on Tuesday, a day after a fiber cable break cut air traffic controllers off from key radio and radar feeds, snarling air travel in the Philadelphia and New York area and stranding thousands of travelers. As of 7:10 a.m. ET, about 60 flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey were canceled, about 5% of the day's schedule, down from more than 600 a day before, according to FlightAware. At Philadelphia International Airport, about 30 flights, around 2% of the schedule, were canceled.