JFK Airport water main break shutdown bathrooms at JetBlue Terminal 5

JFK
Airport Terminal 5.

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• A water main break at JFK
  International Airport on Thursday morning stopped travelers
  from using the restrooms in Terminal 5, according to multiple
  outlets. 
• A contractor working on the TWA Hotel outside of Terminal 5
  struck a water main. 
• JFK Airport’s official Twitter page said the water main
  break  “impacted water pressure inside the terminal,”
  adding that “flight activity has not been
  disrupted.” 
• One traveler told NBC 4 New York, “Every bathroom is
  closed in this building with thousands of people who just got
  off a plane. No restaurants are serving anything
  fresh.”

A water main break at JFK International Airport on Thursday
morning stopped travelers from using the restrooms in Terminal 5.

“A contractor was working outside Terminal 5 and struck a water
main,” Port Authority of New York and New Jersey senior public
information office Alana Calmi told Business Insider in an
interview.  

According to Calmi, the break occurred Thursday morning around
8:30 am. 

Fortunately, “it didn’t flood the terminal or anything like
that,” Calmi added.

At 9:09 a.m., JFK Airport’s official Twitter account announced,
“Terminal 5 was a water main break. Please contact your airlines
for flight status.” 

About 20 minutes later, the airport’s Twitter account gave
an
update that said the water break was outside the terminal
but, “has impacted water pressure inside the terminal,” adding
that “flight activity has not been disrupted.” 

By 9:38 a.m., the same Twitter account announced
that the water main break “has been resolved and water pressure
inside the terminal is in the process of being restored.” 
 

The water main break disrupted the airport experience for some
travelers. 

NBC 4 New York reported Jeremy King, a traveler who “recently
landed” at the airport, said, “Every bathroom is closed in
this building with thousands of people who just got off a plane.
No restaurants are serving anything fresh.”

The
New York Daily News reported the break caused water pressure
to drop, “grounding all the bathrooms.”

“Their bathrooms were never fully closed, just reduced water
pressure,” Calmi told Business Insider. “Everything was
fully operational by Noon.” 

JetBlue, Terminal 5’s main tenants, confirmed that all services
were back to normal by the afternoon.

“Water pressure has been restored at JFK terminal 5 and all
services are back to normal following a water main break at the
nearby TWA Hotel construction site,” an airline spokesperson told
Business Insider in an email. 

Regardless, some took to social media on Thursday to voice their
frustrations at the situation experienced at JFK International
Airport on Thursday.