Equipment Outages Vexed Newark Airport Controllers for Years
Records show that air traffic controllers handling Newark Liberty International Airport flights have grappled with equipment outages since at least 2023, an anxiety-causing situation they call “plug and pray.” [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Airlines and Airplanes
Topics: Airport, Newark, “plug, situation, anxiety-causing, least, since, outages, equipment, grappled, flights, International, Liberty, handling, controllers, traffic, Records, Years, Controllers, Vexed, Outages, Equipment
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/politics/newark-airport-controllers-outages.html