A man is outside Terminal C with the airport control tower in the background of Newark Liberty International Airport on May 6, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey.
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The air traffic controllers who guide planes in and outside Newark Liberty International Airport have lost radar and communication with planes before Dawn on Friday in another 90 -second failure, said the Federal Aviation Administration, hours after the Trump administration unveiled a plan to revise aging technology that protected American aerial space.
The breakdown occurred around 3:55 a.m., said FAA. There are far fewer flying planes during the night, so the disturbances were minimal compared to a similar breakdown in the afternoon of April 28, which hampered trips by plane for days.
Several controllers have taken leave due to the stress of this April incident, the FAA said. This has exacerbated low endowment levels from the Philadelphia establishment, where controllers supervise planes in Newark, New Jersey, airport, forcing the FAA to slow down the airport traffic.
As in the April incident, the left controllers of the Friday failure unable to communicate with the planes and their dark radar screens.
Thursday, transport secretary, Sean Duffy, unveiled plans to revise several aging installations and modernize the technology used by controllers, which oversee around 45,000 flights per day in the United States
Aeronautical industry groups and unions applauded the proposal and said on Thursday that Congress should approve at least $ 31 billion over the next three years for improvements. This includes $ 12.5 billion described in a proposal for home expenditure last month, for the modernization of air traffic control and more hiring of controllers.