Posted on 05/09/2025 1:15:00 PM PDT by george76
Air Traffic Control lost radar for 90 seconds at Newark Airport on Friday.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), there was a telecommunications outage at Newark Liberty International 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 airspace. The outage occurred around 3:55 a.m. on Friday, May 9, and lasted approximately 90 seconds,” the FAA said on Friday morning.
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United Airlines pulled 35 round-trip flights a day following a radar outage at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey last week.
Last Monday air traffic controllers lost communication with planes flying in and out of Newark for about 90 seconds.
National Air Traffic Controllers Association told Bloomberg News that Newark “temporarily lost radar and communications with the aircraft under their control, unable to see, hear, or talk to them.”
“Air traffic controllers guiding planes bound for Newark Liberty International Airport lost radar and radio communication for more than a minute early last week before flights at the key hub were snarled for days, according to people familiar with the matter,”..
“The outage of those key systems occurred on April 28 and lasted nearly 90 seconds, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the matter because it isn’t public. Following the incident, multiple employees were placed on trauma leave, the people said,”..
United grounded flights after an air traffic controller said Newark is “not safe.”
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ripped Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg after an alarming radar outage at Newark Airport.
Biden’s DEI Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg did nothing to fix the antiquated air traffic control system even though he was given billions of dollars to handle the problem.
Buttigieg couldn’t even fix the potholes when he was a small town mayor of South Bend, Indiana, so it is no surprise that he did not thing to improve the air traffic control system.
Secretary Duffy blasted Buttigieg and Biden for doing nothing to fix the air traffic control equipment.
“What did they do? Nothing! Instead they spent their time focused on changing the name of ‘cockpit’ to ‘flight deck,’” Duffy said.
Quick, call Pelosi and high 👠 Harris. We need more DEI hires. It’s all working out so well!
Until this can be blamed on PDJT, it will receive no MSM traction.
I’m sure the left’s finest minds are working on that problem, I can’t wait to see what they come up with.
I was losing departure frequency at EWR IN 1975. Nothing changes
This should have been dealt with decades ago but Congress would never approve the funds for a real fix. I doubt they will do so now since the price tag will be huge. They will do what they always do, fund some band aids, and then crow about what a great job they are doing for America.
My cousin, after a visit for a wedding. Nice weekend, with all loads of drama from New Yorkers Trump hating. A Trump hater. Obama loving - trying to get home with this disaster, asked: why hasn’t DOGE fixed this?
I have to hang on to wait till they see what a mess I do not engage with idiots
But I am nevertheless amazed.
So a passenger could have a Boeing 737 door blow off during flight and a wheel come off during landing and be unlucky enough to fly on one of the two days when the air traffic control system goes dead.
Next time try Greyhound.
Door open in flight....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B83K5aSMe8
I’m thinking someone’s screwing around on purpose.
I agree!
Intentional?
Goes hand in hand with all of those ‘defund the police’ a-holes demanding armed protection and who call 911 for help the instant they get called out.
Agreed. It should be investigated for possible criminal activity.
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.. ~ Ian Fleming.
Flying is the new Greyhound.
Ha.
Bernie: Thank goodness I always fly private with straight to my limo service on separate landing sites. The ignorant peasants and their faulty planes can be a real annoyance to me.
Note: I just heard about that privilege on a talk show yesterday. Private flight passengers like Bernie don’t mingle with the common people as they deplane. Separate and unequal.
General aviation has its own concourse.
Air freight has its own concourse
Both parties are equally blame-worthy on this whole matter. We’ve known since the 1970’s that the ATC system was under increasing pressure and working with technologically obsolete equipment.
If you’ve actually been in an FAA facility, you’d never willingly fly again as a passenger.
So then Bernie doesn't have intercourse with those passengers. The Feel the Bern fans have to have other recourse. Of course.
If I am paying 6k and up I certainly don’t want Tobe inconvenienced.
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