A man is outside Terminal C with the airport control tower at the bottom of the Newark Liberty International Airport, on May 6, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey.
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Air traffic controllers that guide the airplanes inside and outside the Newark Liberty International Airport lost radar and communication with airplanes before dawn on Friday in another 90 second interruption, said the federal aviation administration, hours after the Trump administration announced a plan to review the aging technology that keeps the United States airspace safe.
The interruption occurred around 3:55 am et, said FAA. There are Feer Feer aircraft flying during the night, so the interruptions were minimal compared to a similar interruption in the afternoon or April 28, which Snicht Air travels for days.
Several controllers said goodbye due to the stress of that April incident, FAA said. That exacerbated the low personnel levels at the Philadelphia facilities, where controllers supervise planes in Newark, New Jersey, Airport, forcing FAA to stop airport traffic.
As in the April incident, the interruption of Friday’s interruption left the controllers that they could not communicate with the planes and their dark radar screens.
On Thursday, the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, presented plans to review several aging facilities and modernize the technology used by the controllers, which supervise about 45,000 flights per day in the United States.
Aviation groups and work unions applauded the proposal and said Thursday that Congress should approve at least $ 31 billion in the next three years for improvements. That includes $ 12.5 billion described in an expense proposal at the house last month, for the modernization of air traffic control and more hiring or controllers.
