Newark Airport Radar Failures Cause Flight Chaos
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A CNN analysis reveals at least 16 planes were under Newark airport's control when communication and radar systems failed on April 28, causing eight diversions. The resulting chaos, including delays and cancellations, lasted over a week. This was one of three communications failures since the FAA relocated controllers. Another outage occurred on May 9, impacting radar for 90 seconds. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, and Newark's operations are slowly returning to normal.
A CNN analysis reveals at least 16 planes were under Newark airport's control when communication and radar systems failed on April 28, causing eight diversions. The resulting chaos, including delays and cancellations, lasted over a week. This was one of three communications failures since the FAA relocated controllers. Another outage occurred on May 9, impacting radar for 90 seconds. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, and Newark's operations are slowly returning to normal.
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