Air traffic at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey faced significant disruption suddenly on Friday night after a crucial radar program failed—days after a similar event. At 3: 55 am, radar coverage from the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) facility in Philadelphia briefly went dark for 90 seconds. This method directs planes in and out of Newark, and the immediate shutdown forced the FAA to decrease visitors to maintain safety. The sensor outage, though small, had a considerable impact. According to FlightAware .com, flight cancellations departing Newark jumped from the low 40s to 57 shortly after the incident, the highest in the country that day.
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Arriving planes even saw delays walk to 60. Nearly 300 difficulties were reported at the airports.
The FAA has admitted the difficulty lies primarily in ageing equipment. Some sensor signal ranges between Philadelphia and New York are also made of archaic copper wiring. Authorities are now installing fresh fibre optic cabling to avoid future problems. However, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has rolled out a multi-billion-dollar plan to upgrade the whole national air traffic control system. The shift comes after a series of wrecks, including a fatal incident in January near Washington, DC, that killed 67 people.
