An influence outage at Terminal 1 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, pictured in 2020, has disrupted flights.

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An influence outage at Terminal 1 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, pictured in 2020, has disrupted flights.

Kathy Willens/AP

An influence outage at a John F. Kennedy International Airport terminal is disrupting flights, the airport said Thursday.

The Terminal 1 outage was brought on by {an electrical} panel failure that additionally led to a small hearth in a single day, which was instantly extinguished, according to the airport. The terminal’s ramp will stay closed till Friday, based on a discover in a Federal Aviation Administration security database.

The outage “is impacting the terminal’s ability to accept inbound and outbound flights,” the airport mentioned, and it’s “working to accommodate impacted flights using other terminals.”

Some arriving flights needed to be diverted to different airports on the East Coast, according to JFK’s website. A flight coming from New Zealand scheduled to land at 5:40 p.m. ET had to return to Auckland, the flight tracking website FlightAware showed.

The airport advises vacationers to examine their flight standing earlier than going to JFK and permit for additional time of their itineraries.