Water leak at one of the control towers at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York caused the delays or cancellations of hundreds of flights, according to media reports. Nearly 300 flights were reportedly delayed or diverted, Xinhua news agency quoted the reports as saying on Sunday.

The leak was reported in the main facility of the airport. Controllers operated from a secondary control tower during the leak. The disruption occurred on the busiest Independence Day weekend for travel since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some 3.7 million Americans would reportedly fly this weekend, a 164 per cent increase from last year.