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1don MSN
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a new software update prevented a third radar outage over the last two weeks at New Jersey's busy Newark airport when a telecommunications line failed again over the weekend.
The recent chronic delays and cancellations at New Jersey’s largest airport have highlighted the shortage of air traffic controllers and the aging equipment they use, which President Donald
At times Monday evening, as few as three air traffic controllers per hour were lined up to monitor via radar the planes flying into and out of the airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks.
The failure was the second such incident in the past two weeks, amid continuing concerns over safety at the airport.
A brief radar outage occurred at Newark Liberty International Airport early Friday morning, lasting approximately 90 seconds. This incident follows similar outages in April and November, raising concerns about the reliability of air traffic control systems ...
2don MSN
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy plans to reduce the number of flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport for the "next several weeks."
Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.