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The Biden administration is to blame for the ongoing air traffic control failures at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport, and throughout the system, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday.
The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks.
Newark Airport has faced a number of air traffic control equipment outages in recent weeks.
Nearly 80 flights have been cancelled and more than 40 delayed at Newark Liberty International Airport after yet another an equipment outage brought more chaos to the NYC-area hub.
The latest incident highlights the air-traffic-control network's aging infrastructure and comes a day after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy proposed spending billions of dollars to fix it over the next three to four years.
Radar and telecommunications systems for Newark Airport’s air traffic controllers failed Friday morning — the second time the two critical systems went down at the same time in less than two
At 3:55 a.m., air traffic controllers for the airspace above Newark Liberty airport experienced an approximately 90 second disruption to communications and radar display according to the FAA. The latest outage comes as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is outlining plans to update the country’s air traffic control system.
Caught in the middle of the issues at Newark is United Airlines, which is the most active airline at the New Jersey airport. While the problems lie with the FAA system, the airline is where people often aim their frustrations over cancellations and delays.