Power outage cancels, diverts flights at Kennedy Airport
A power outage in a terminal of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport stretched into a second day Friday after forcing some flights to be canceled or diverted, including one that was turned around and sent back to New Zealand after nearly making it to the U.S.
The airport operators said in a tweet late Thursday that Terminal 1, which handles some of the airport’s international flights, would remain closed Friday “due to electrical issues.”
The outage was caused by an electrical panel failure that led to a small fire, which was quickly extinguished, authorities said.