Power outage disrupts New York’s JFK Airport Terminal 1

A power outage is disrupting flights at a John F. Kennedy International Airport terminal, the airport said Thursday. The outage at Terminal 1 was caused by an electrical panel failure that resulted in a “small isolated fire overnight that was immediately extinguished,” the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said. “The power outage is currently impacting the terminal’s ability to accept inbound and outbound flights,” the statement said. Other terminals are being used to accommodate the affected flights, and travelers should check with their airlines for flight status, the Port Authority said. An Air New Zealand flight that was due to land at JFK at 5:40 p.m. ET Thursday was diverted back to its origin airport, according to flight tracking site FlightAware. Some arriving international flights were diverted to other East Coast airports, including Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, Boston’s Logan International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport, JFK’s website showed.<br/>