US agencies open probe after two Washington flights abort landings due to Army helicopter

[Halcyon66]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/faa-investigating-after-two-washington-flights-aborted-landings-due-nearby-2025-05-02/

Here we go again.

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[robunos]

From reading the article, sounds like the Pols are NOT HAPPY AT ALL with the Army . . .

cheers,
Robin.

 

[Halcyon66]

United Airlines cuts 35 daily flights at Newark airport, citing shortage of air traffic controllers

Passengers with flights to or from Newark Liberty International Airport are encountering long delays and cancellations due to an air traffic controller shortage and equipment failures.

apnews.com

Wow, getting serious.

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[Grey Havoc]

Newark air traffic controllers briefly lost contact with planes, union says

The incident led to multiple employees being on trauma leave, contributing to hundreds of delayed or diverted flights.

www.bbc.com

 

[Halcyon66]

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/07/us/newark-airport-united-flight-delays-invs

One controller wrote in a previously unreported statement in August that only luck had prevented a “catastrophic mid air collision” after a communications breakdown that occurred as multiple planes were routed into the same area to avoid thunderstorms.

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[Halcyon66]

Radar screens at Newark airport went black again overnight

Radar screens at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport went black again early Friday morning.

abcnews.go.com

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