Newark Liberty International Airport’s airspace was plunged into darkness early Friday after yet another air traffic control outage, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed.
The outage, which occurred at 4 a.m., lasted for around 90 seconds but still affected a number of different sectors, the FAA reported. The blackout was all the more troubling after a similar loss of radio contact with planes flying into the airport in recent months.
“There was a telecommunications outage that impacted communications and radar display at Philadelphia TRACON Area C, which guides aircraft in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport airspace,” the FAA said in a statement. “The outage occurred around 3:55 a.m. on Friday, May 9, and lasted approximately 90 seconds.”
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