JFK travel chaos halts dozens of flights, terminal closed after power 

JFK travel chaos halts dozens of flights, terminal closed after power outage

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with many flights rejected as a terminal was covered for a second day after a blackout ignited a fire.

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[{"selector":"#anim-90d98cd1-8d09-48cf-a201-c232f064be48 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.254687386254172%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b7529ca6-c649-49a7-be22-c50a0763ff87","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1fe3f6e6-e295-430f-a5fd-ead4e346c7a6","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(116.82848%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Over 60% of the 64 flights planned all through the terminal Friday were rejected, representing every one of the 39 retractions at JFK that day.

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