News Summary

• A massive telecommunications outage caused chaos at Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Dallas Love Field on Friday.
• The FAA said it was forced to slow and stop flights after a "local telephone company equipment issue" The outage, which the FAA stressed did not involve its own equipment, affected DFW and Love Field, two of the nation's busiest airports.
• By late Friday afternoon, nearly 1,800 flights were delayed and hundreds canceled, according to FlightAware.
• American Airlines, the largest carrier at DFW, canceled more than 200 flights and delayed over 500, impacting roughly a quarter of its schedule.
• Southwest Airlines reported more than 1,100 delays, or 27 percent of its flights.