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Over 300 technical issues have been reported so far this year.
Bryan Bedford had said in his official biography that he is certified to fly aircraft “commercially.”
Flights are set to be drastically reduced at one of America’s biggest airports towards the end of the year while issues are hammered out.
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The comedian was not impressed by the FAA’s flippant dismissal of his airline safety concerns.
Over 1,200 employees, including seasoned leaders and technical experts, have left the agency after his “fork in the road” email.
Jonathan Stewart told The Wall Street Journal about a close call at Newark.
Air traffic controllers in Colorado lost contact with more than a dozen aircraft this week—but the transportation secretary seems to have other concerns.
An air traffic controller said the airport was unsafe. Days later, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy moved his wife’s flight.
The issue only became apparent when controllers had to tell two airliners to abort landings because of a circling helicopter.
The latest outage at Newark Airport follows a 90-second radar blackout Friday and a similar incident on April 28.