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‘It was a terrible idea’: Air traffic controllers say recent issues at Newark are rooted in a plan from Trump’s first term
It’s been a brutal month for Newark Liberty International Airport, as telecommunications and radar outages have plagued one ...
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A Newark air traffic controller on how it felt when systems went dark
An air traffic controller who works the airspace around Newark, N.J. speaks out about what it was like to lose radar and ...
United training director says reacting to air traffic control issues in ‘pilots’ DNA’
United Airlines Capt. Miles Morgan says a loss of communication with air traffic control is one of the first things pilots ...
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Near Miss at LaGuardia Highlights Urgent Need for Air Traffic Control Modernization and Safety Enhancements
Decades of neglect have left us with an outdated system that is showing its age,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...
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Controllers lost contact with Newark airplanes for 30 seconds last week, USDOT says
"The primary communication line went down, the backup line didn't fire, and so for 30 seconds we lost contact with air traffic," Duffy told Fox ... said 20% of the FAA controllers for Newark ...