FAA's Bedford has confirmed the connection for "all data" was lost due to a construction accident in New Jersey, expects connection to be restored soon
UNCONFIRMED RUMOR: FAA equipment outage caused by construction crew that cut 400 critical lines
"Somewhere — it's just a rumor, but this is what I heard — a construction crew was using an auger and some dude cut 400 lines, and that includes radar and ADS-B and frequencies and all kinds of fun stuff, so that's what this is all about"
- PHL Ground, 12:51pm EDT