US EditionNewark’s airport chaos frustrates carriers, worries travelers
- On April 28, Newark Airport's communication and radar systems failed at 3:55 a.m. Local time, disrupting flight control.
- The failure occurred amid at least three similar outages, including one on May 9, partly due to relocating controllers to Philadelphia.
- Controllers lost radar visibility of at least 16 planes and could not communicate with pilots, forcing diversions to nearby airports like JFK.
- The radar outage lasted approximately 90 seconds, and hundreds of departures were canceled in the week following the incident, according to FAA and CNN data.
- Flight disruptions persisted for over a week, with Newark gradually restoring operations, highlighting the airport’s vulnerability as one of the busiest in the U.S.
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Visualizing the chaos in the skies over Newark’s busy airport after an April outage
On April 28, Newark approach lost radar and comms with at least 16 commercial jets. Many circled in oval loops before landing elsewhere. A CNN data analysis reveals the ripple effects from the outage.
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Schumer calls on Transportation Secretary Duffy to 'immediately fix' Newark Airport situation – Democratic Accent
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is demanding U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy “immediately fix the situation at Newark Airport,” following a stretch of travel mishaps and chaos. “When people hear about radar screens just going dark, traffic controllers who cannot talk to planes, technology that is seemingly working no better than tin cans, they do not think this is a story about the Trump administration’s FAA, but that is …
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