Newark Airport Has Another Alarming Incident
The Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons this month, and it faced another alarming incident on Monday.
The major airport servicing New York City has faced a number of equipment and staffing issues this month, resulting in many delays and cancellations. The issues got so bad that NBC News correspondent Tom Costello quoted an anonymous air traffic controller earlier this month who called the airport "not safe."
'It is not safe. It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public,' Costello reported.
"Really an incredible statement, unsolicited," Costello added about the source's comments. "He just said that to me, and separately: 'Don't fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs.''
While the U.S. government has stepped in to try to remedy the issues, reducing incoming and outgoing air traffic at the airport, the Newark Airport dealt with yet another concerning incident on Monday.
According to CBS News, the Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into a brief radio system outage at the Philadelphia air traffic control center responsible for handling flights at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday.
The control center lost radio frequencies for two seconds at around 11:35 a.m. local time on Monday, the FAA said, marking the fourth incident of this kind to take place at Newark Airport since April 28 amid consistent equipment and staffing issues.
Obviously, it has been a concerning several weeks for one of the country's busiest airports.
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