Hundreds of delays and cancellations at DFW and Dallas Love Field airports were the result of cut fiber optic cable lines, according to a statement from American Airlines Chief Operating Officer David Seymour.

In the statement shared to employees, Seymour shares that the FAA said two fiber optic cables were cut, which “impacted the primary and secondary paths of data, which support all of the area’s radars, radio frequencies and computer systems.”

Thousands of people were in limbo on Friday after an equipment outage, which we now know started from cut cables, which caused ground stops for select flights at North Texas’ biggest airports. On Saturday morning, the FAA said operations at DFW and Love Field airports were back to normal.

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