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Newark problems and recent crashes put focus on air traffic controller shortage and aging equipment
The recent chronic delays and cancellations at New Jersey’s largest airport have highlighted the shortage of air traffic ...
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As few as 3 radar controllers monitored Newark's airspace Monday night, FAA says
At times Monday evening, as few as three air traffic controllers per hour were lined up to monitor via radar the planes ...
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Carrots, death rays and passing ships. This is the origin story of the word radar
The nation's aviation infrastructure is again under scrutiny, following a series of paralyzing communications and radar ...
Software update keeps Newark airport radar online but network concerns and flight limits remain
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a new software update prevented a third radar outage over the last two weeks at New ...
Newark airport hit by another radar blackout as chaos continues
The failure was the second such incident in the past two weeks, amid continuing concerns over safety at the airport.
Second radar outage for Newark Airport in 2 weeks leaves more flyers stranded
Newark Liberty International Airport suffered another brief air traffic control outage Friday morning, the FAA confirms.
Air traffic controllers for Newark airport briefly lose radar access again
The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport lost their radar Friday morning for the ...
Sean Duffy Insisted Newark's Airport Is Safe, Then Avoided It For Wife
The transportation secretary admitted to redirecting his wife through New York's LaGuardia airport but said it was because of Newark’s reliability, not safety.