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The Newark airport crisis is about to become everyone’s problem
A shortage of air traffic controllers, bungled IT management, outdated technology, and a brewing disaster in our airspace.
Black screens, silent radios and near misses: Air traffic control outages are not isolated to Newark
Air traffic controllers across the country have grappled with radar and communications outages for years, CNN review finds.
Lone Newark air traffic controller who handled terrifying 90-second outage reveals it’s ‘only a matter of time before we have a fatal crash’
A veteran air traffic controller who was alone during the terrifying 90-second blackout at Newark Liberty International ...
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 ...
Human air traffic controllers keep flyers safe. Should AI have a role?
“People are now paying attention," he said. “They put more airplanes in the sky than the system can absorb, and what’s happened is we've reached a tipping point. We have so much volume, and we have ...