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Newark problems and recent crashes put focus on air traffic controller shortage and aging equipment
The recent chronic delays and cancellations at New Jersey’s largest airport have highlighted the shortage of air traffic ...
Video shows inside of Philadelphia air traffic control facility that handles Newark flights during outage last week
An exclusive video obtained by CBS News shows inside the problem-plagued air traffic control facility that handles flights in ...
Scarlett Johansson leads SNL sketch poking fun at Newark Airport’s air traffic control mess
In a music video-esque segment, Scarlett Johansson is joined by the Please Don’t Destroy trio of Martin Herlihy, John Higgins ...
Anonymous confessions of an air traffic controller: Why travelers should ‘avoid Newark like the plague’
"In 10 months, instead of having people succeed in Philadelphia, we've had 11 say, 'F--k this, I am not doing this.'" ...
Air traffic controllers warned of ‘incredibly dangerous’ safety incidents months before latest Newark system failure
Several times over the last year, Newark controllers lost radar or radio service, leaving them unable to talk with planes ...
‘An urgent matter': Newark air traffic control loses radar again Friday morning
Passengers traveling in and out of Newark at the end of the week shouldn't expect smooth sailing. Here's the latest at the ...
An air traffic controller at Newark is like ‘a 3D-chess player who can juggle a chainsaw’ with their eyes closed, ex-pilot says
“I equate a good, A-level, traffic controller that can handle a place like Newark, JFK, LAX, San Francisco, to a three ...
Denver air route traffic control center experienced 90 seconds of lost communications Monday, FAA says
A portion of the Denver air route traffic control center experienced a 90-second loss of communications late Monday, the ...