FAA investigating after Newark air traffic control suffered two-second outage

'Vintage' air traffic system to blame for near misses and outages, ex-FAA official says

Air traffic controllers at Newark Liberty International Airport again lost contact with planes Monday, according to the FAA. It's the fourth such incident at that airport in less than a month and the latest in a string of alarming incidents and close calls at airports across the country. Geoff Bennett discussed more with David Grizzle, the former COO of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization.

Flights at major US airport to be slashed after 4th air traffic control outage

A FOURTH bone-chilling outage has been reported at the Newark International Airport, leading officials to urgently slash the number of flights to avoi

Newark’s air traffic nightmare continues as controllers lose contact with planes a 4th time

Controllers handling aircraft headed into Newark Liberty International Airport lost radio frequencies for approximately 2 seconds, said the FAA

Newark airport sees fourth air traffic control outage in 3 weeks

The FAA said no one was hurt and operations were not interrupted as a result of Tuesday’s communication outage at Newark.

FAA Confirms Another System Outage at Newark Airport

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that there was another system outage at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday.

Another Outage at Newark Airport

(Newark, NJ) — The FAA is investigating another radio outage at Newark Liberty International Airport. There was radio silence at TRACON at 11:35 Monday (May 19, 2025)  morning. That’s the FAA air traffic control facility that handles Newark’s airspace out of Philadelphia. The outage lasted just two seconds this time but it’s the fourth since April 28th. Officials said all aircraft “remained safely separated” during the outage. A 90-second outage…