A man is outside of Terminal C with the Airport Control Tower in the background at Newark Liberty International Airport, on 6 May 2025 in Newark, New Jersey.
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Air traffic controllers who guide aircraft in and from Newark Liberty International Airport Lost radar and communication with aircraft before dawn on Friday in another 90-second failure, said the Federal Aviation Administration, hours after the Trump-Administration revealed a plan to safeguard the Government Technology that has the Airspace space.
The malfunction took place at about 3:55 am et, the FAA said. There are far fewer aircraft flying at night, so the disruptions were at least compared to a comparable malfunction in the afternoon of April 28, which snarled air travel for days.
Various controllers took leave due to the stress of that incident in April, De FAA said. That low personnel levels in the facility of Philadelphia, charged with supervising aircraft in and from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, forcing the FAA was forced to slow down the airport's traffic.
As in the April incident, Friday's malfunction did not allow the controllers to communicate with aircraft and their radar screens dark.
In February, airlines and labor groups said that the US urgently need billions of dollars in emergency financing of the congress for improvements to air traffic control, which have confronted both staff shortages and outdated equipment.
