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2026-05-03A United jet narrowly avoided catastrophe when it struck a truck near Newark airport during landing
A low flying United Airlines plane crashed in a light pole and a moving bakery truck on the New Jersey Turnpike Sunday afternoon after making an attempt to land at Newark Airport. AP correspondent Julie Walker reports a United plane avoids catastrophe but strikes truck while landing at Newark airport. Anyone who drives that section -
2025-05-12
Newark Airport Had 3 Controllers on Duty When the Goal Is 14
As few as three air traffic controllers were scheduled to work on Monday evening at the facility guiding planes to and from Newark Liberty International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said, far fewer than the target of 14 controllers for most of those hours. The staffing crisis added strain to an already troubled aviation system, -
2025-05-11Equipment issue again disrupts air traffic at Newark Liberty airport: FAA
The incident follows a 90-second radar outage at Newark Liberty on Friday. By Bill Hutchinson, Sam Sweeney, and Ayesha Ali May 11, 2025, 10:35 AM Operations resume at Newark Liberty airport after ground stop Operations resume at Newark Liberty airport after ground stopOfficials said the FAA issued the brief 45-minute ground stop after a radio communications issue -
2025-05-10FAA Considers Cutting Newark Airport Flights As United Airlines Calls For Major Reforms
By Alexander Mitchell After over a week of brutal delays and other incidents at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), airlines and aviation regulators have decided to meet to plan additional flight cutbacks at the airport to prevent further incidents from arising. According to Bloomberg, these private discussions are an immediate response to multiple incidents in which radar -
2025-05-09Air traffic controllers for Newark airport briefly lose radar access again
By JOSH FUNK The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport briefly lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks, renewing concerns about the nation’s aging air traffic control system that President Donald Trump wants to overhaul. The Federal Aviation Administration said the radar at the facility in -
2025-05-08A Frightening Moment to Fly (The Daily Podcast)
A 90-second failure of Newark Airport’s air-traffic safety systems, which blacked out communication to planes carrying thousands of passengers, has exposed a new level of crisis in air travel. Kate Kelly, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains what the problems at one of the country’s biggest airports tell us about air-travel safety