Terminal closureThe problems at JFK's Terminal 1 all began yesterday when an electrical panel failed. The failure led to the power outage and also started a small fire. The fire was quickly extinguished, solving one of the two problems.
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When it opened in 1998, John F. Kennedy International Airport's Terminal One served fewer than three million passengers a year. By 2019, that number had jumped to more than four million and was expected to quickly exceed the terminal's design capacity.
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