Newark Liberty International Airport remains a source of issues.
major headaches for travelers
who are now concerned about their security.
As many as five air traffic controllers were forced to go on 45-day “stress leave” following equipment malfunctions that led to pandemonium both in the sky and on the runways.
One air traffic controller was heard on released audio telling a pilot approaching the airport, “We don’t have a radar, so I don’t know where you are.”
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CNN aviation expert Pete Muntean declared, ”
At this moment, there doesn’t seem to be an endpoint in view.
,” to the airport’s problems, which have dragged on for more than a week. ”
To replace these controllers
Those who have taken trauma leave, [the FAA] cannot simply move controllers from another location. It’s a highly specialized role.”
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Muntean explained that some controllers for Newark Liberty are located at the Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control facility (TRACON), who can’t make visual contact with planes.
“Controllers, they are essentially in this facility, stuck in a dark room with a radar scope and the radio. That’s the only way they have to see airplanes and communicate with them,” Muntean said. “This is not like controllers in a tower where they can look out a window and see what’s going on. And, so, when they don’t have those resources available to them, they are pretty well hosed. It’s pretty hard for them to do this job. And, so, they’re essentially doing the job blind. They need these resources, and this is something the FAA has to do in the immediate.”
Muntean stated that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy intends to make an announcement on Thursday where the Trump administration will unveil a comprehensive plan.
revamp of the air traffic control system
, because so many people agree here that the problem is the aging technology. That is the central issue.”
Newark Liberty has cancelled some 800 flights since that equipment outage began last week.
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