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See the FAA reports that downplayed the risk of a Newark outage
Two reports by the FAA, completed before Newark’s air traffic controllers moved from the New York area to Philadelphia, show ...
Newark Backup Data Line Failed Before 90-Second Radar Outage
A failed backup telecommunications line led to a 90-second radar and radio outage last month that left air traffic ...
The Washington Post5d
Newark air traffic control loses contact with pilots in second outage
It was a major factor in the FAA transferring radar operations for Newark ... increases the risk of “losing the connection.” “And if you lose the connection, you lose the data,” McCormick ...
WXII 12 NEWS2d
Software update keeps Newark airport radar online but network concerns and flight limits remain
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 ...
Newark Airport Suffers Another Tech Outage, FAA Says
A technology outage took out radar and communications for Newark Liberty International Airport’s controllers briefly Friday ...
Crain's New York6d
FAA weighs broad pullback in Newark flights over radar outages
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 ...
Reuters6d
'Scopes just went black again' as Newark air traffic hit by new outage
FAA plans meeting with airlines to address Newark disruptions Aging infrastructure and staffing issues cause repeated outages United ... continue being put at risk. "Problems with our system ...