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2025-05-10 Science & Technology
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Disaster narrowly avoided at major US airport as tech outage leaves air traffic control in dark [again]
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Radar screens went dark at New Jersey's Newark Airport early Friday during a close call that nearly became a midair disaster.
The momentary power outage hit at 3:55am ET, when air traffic was luckily very light, and lasted for about for 90 seconds.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a statement on X Friday, revealing the blackout was caused by a 'telecommunications outage' at Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) Area C.
This control center, located 90 miles away at the Philadelphia International Airport, manages air traffic for Newark Airport and smaller airports nearby.
According to Flightaware, there were already 125 cancellations and 292 flight delays reported at Newark as of 12pm ET.
It's the second radar blackout to hit Newark in the past two weeks. The previous outage truck the airport's air traffic control tower on April 28, causing computer screens to go dark for 60 to 90 seconds.
Newark is the second-busiest airport in the New York-New Jersey area, catering to nearly 49 million travelers in 2024.
It follows behind New York's John F Kennedy International Airport, which saw 63 million flyers last year.
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