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Exclusive | Newark air traffic crisis takes terrifying turn — with just one controller to oversee up to 180 takeoffs and landings: ‘Pure insanity’

One air traffic controller (ATC) and a trainee will operate every flight in and out of Newark between 6.30pm-9.30pm — despite 15 staffers being the standard requirement for a shift.
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Newark air traffic crisis takes terrifying turn — with just one controller to oversee up to 180 takeoffs and landings: ‘Pure insanity’​


The safety nightmare continues at Newark Liberty International Airport, where all air traffic control will be manned by just one fully qualified person during its busiest time tonight, The Post can exclusively reveal.

One air traffic controller (ATC) and a trainee will operate every flight in and out of Newark between 6.30pm-9.30pm — despite 15 staffers being the standard requirement for a shift.

A New York-based ATC, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, described the situation as “pure insanity” and warned that the schedule shows the control tower for the airport will operate “at bare bones” while between 168 and 180 planes are scheduled to take off and land.

It comes after the New Jersey airport was initially facing a “zero ATC event” — a term used by industry workers to describe the doomsday scenario of no one showing up — Monday afternoon.

“One of the controllers is canceling his day off and coming into work. But that’s not going to safely cover the entire system,” the whistleblower warned The Post.
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However, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy gave a press conference about Newark where he said: “I think it is clear that the blame belongs with the last administration. Joe Biden did nothing to fix the system they knew was broke.”

Duffy claimed his predecessor, Pete Buttigieg, failed to oversee a smooth transition of Newark’s airspace to the troubled Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), in July 2024, creating problems that caused chaos on Friday and Sunday when air traffic control equipment experienced outages.

According to Duffy, his team has installed a software update that will allow a backup data feed to prevent terrifying full outages of radar and communications — which have happened twice in recent weeks.

He said he is working with Verizon and L3Harris to speed up the installation of additional fiber optic data feeds between New York and the Philly TRACON, which would also buttress the system.

That fix, however, will not happen until the end of May at the earliest.
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This is absolutely amazing! Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg are able to control and mess up the scheduling of air traffic controllers four months after they left office! "If you force me out of office, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
 
Donald on the price of meds says

"American patients were effectively subsidizing socialist healthcare systems in Germany, in all parts of the EU."
 
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