Air visitors management on the Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport quickly misplaced communication with its plane, audio reveals. The outage on April 28 precipitated widespread delays and cancellations. (LIVEATC.NET)
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a floor delay for Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport in New Jersey as a consequence of staffing shortages, climate and building.
“Our antiquated air traffic control system is affecting our workforce,” an FAA assertion mentioned. “As Secretary Duffy has said, we must get the best safety technology in the hands of controllers as soon as possible.”
“The last administration didn’t lift a finger to fix it,” U.S. Division of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy posted to X on Monday night time. “We’re working day and night to overhaul it.”
Flights are departing two hours and 41 minutes later than scheduled on common, in line with an advisory. A spokeswoman for the FAA advised FOX Enterprise that arrivals weren’t affected.
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An worker stands on the United Airways check-in space at Terminal C of Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport on Might 6, 2025, in New Jersey. (Getty Photographs)
“The President and I are going to radically transform air traffic control. That means building a brand new system that is the envy of the world,” Duffy mentioned in a subsequent put up.
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A passenger sleeps in entrance of the United Airways check-in at Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport, on Might 6, 2025 in New Jersey. The airport has been confronted with main delays as a consequence of staffing, climate and building. (Getty Photographs)
In the meantime, air visitors controller audio from when radar and radio communications with planes had been briefly misplaced at Newark Airport on April 28 has been made public.
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The management tower at Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport in New Jersey, on March 19, 2024. (Angus Mordant/Bloomberg / Getty Photographs)
“United 674, radar contact lost, we lost our radar. Just stay on the arrival and maintain 6,000,” an air visitors controller mentioned at 9:53 a.m.
“All right, we’ll stay on arrival and keep 6,000,” the pilot mentioned in response.
Minutes later, the pilot got here on once more.
“OK, do you want me to squawk VFR for four-tango pop and do I have bravo clearance,” the pilot requested at 9:56 a.m.
The management tower at Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport, on Might 6, 2025. (Andres Kudacki / Getty Photographs)
“No, you do not have a bravo-clearance. We lost our radar and it’s not working correctly. Radar service terminates, squawk for VFR, freeze change approved. If you want a bravo-clearance, just call the tower. It’s going to get closer,” the air visitors controller mentioned.
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The pilot then mentioned he would anticipate a radio frequency from the tower earlier than the air visitors controller responds, “OK, no. squawk VFR. Look up the tower frequencies, and we don’t have a radar, so I don’t know where you are.”
