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Newark passengers stranded as airport suffers more chaos over worrying lack of air traffic controllers
Newark Liberty International Airport suffered yet more travel chaos late Wednesday with a temporary ground stoppage due to a worrying lack of air traffic controllers.
The crisis in American air travel, explained by Newark airport
Newark airport is losing the ability to see airplanes. They’re losing radar for minutes at a time, and that’s not something you want to hear when you have airplanes flying tow ...
The Newark airport crisis is about to become everyone’s problem
A shortage of air traffic controllers, bungled IT management, outdated technology, and a brewing disaster in our airspace.
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Newark Airport Crisis: Air Traffic Controllers Lost Radio Contact With Planes ‘At Least 8 Or 9 Times’ In Recent Months, Reports Say
The communications breakdown that sparked the crisis at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport 10 days ago wasn’t the first time air traffic controllers have lost radio contact with ...
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Newark Airport Crisis (Live Updates): FAA To Cut Back On Flights To Ease Congestion
Who Is To Blame For The Crisis At Newark Airport? “The blame belongs with the last administration,” Duffy told reporters, adding that his predecessor, Pete Buttigieg and former President Joe ...
The New York Times21d
Newark’s Air Traffic Control Staffing Crisis Is Dire. It’s Also Not Unique.
The ongoing crisis at Newark Liberty International Airport has put a spotlight on the prolonged nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers. As of May 7, only two of 313 facilities — one in ...
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New outage worsens crisis at Newark Liberty Airport
“There was a telecommunications outage that impacted communications and radar display at Philadelphia TRACON Area C, which guides aircraft in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport ...
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The Newark Airport Crisis Started When Controllers Lost Contact With Planes
Since last Monday, Newark Liberty Airport has been a mess ... According to the union, a crisis like this applies as a “traumatic” event for an air-traffic controller, allowing them to take ...
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Newark Airport crisis, other recent incidents fire-up debate over privatizing air traffic control
He pointed to other airspace upgrades, like the overhaul to La Guardia Airport in Queens, N.Y., that took much longer than expected and was in dire straits for a long time. "Instead of having the ...
The Business Journals16d
RDU may face impacts from Newark Airport crisis
Newark is a key connection for major airlines serving RDU. Billion-dollar runway project at RDU faces rising costs Breeze Airways to launch RDU-Key West flights Breeze Airways to launch RDU-Key ...
Newark airport reopens runway
Newark airport reopens runway ...