Newark, FAA and US air
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Two reports by the FAA, completed before Newark’s air traffic controllers moved from the New York area to Philadelphia, show the FAA predicted communications outages could happen, but downplayed the chances.
A failed backup telecommunications line led to a 90-second radar and radio outage last month that left air traffic controllers unable to see jetliners heading into Newark airport.
A new software update prevented a third radar outage ... southwest of Newark. "The Biden-Buttigieg FAA bungled this move without properly hardening the telecom lines feeding the data, which ...
The prior outage ... data provider Cirium. Besides United, other carriers that serve Newark include Delta Air Lines Inc., Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc. and American Airlines Group Inc. The FAA ...