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Air traffic controllers lose radar and radio contact with planes approaching and departing Newark for 90 seconds – again
The blackout included losing radar for about 90 seconds at Newark Terminal Radar Approach Control at 3:55 a.m. local time, a source with knowledge of the incident tells CNN.
An air traffic controller at Newark is like ‘a 3D-chess player who can juggle a chainsaw’ with their eyes closed, ex-pilot says
“I equate a good, A-level, traffic controller that can handle a place like Newark, JFK, LAX, San Francisco, to a three dimensional chess player who can juggle a chainsaw, an axe, a sword, a razor blade with his eyes closed,” Aero Consulting Experts CEO and a former United pilot Ross Aimer told Fortune.
Why didn’t Trump fix air traffic chaos? Answer doesn’t add up
A reporter asked Duffy on Monday why the first Trump administration chose not to address the air traffic control system during his first term in office, noting that Duffy said it was a “decades-old” problem. However, Duffy’s answer left many users on social media scratching their heads.
The US needs more air traffic controllers. These graduating students just got fast-tracked to enter the job market quicker
The United States aviation industry continues to grapple with the worst air traffic controller shortage in nearly 30 years as a recent spate of incidents has thrust the high-stress profession into the spotlight.
Newark air traffic crisis gets worse — with just one controller to oversee up to 180 takeoff and landings: ‘Pure insanity’
One air traffic controller (ATC) and a trainee will operate every flight in and out of Newark between 6.30pm-9.30pm — despite 15 staffers being the standard requirement for a shift.
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