There was a new telecommunications problem, which caused delays of outlets and landing of aircraft at Newark -Liberty airport, near New York – the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Sunday.
Key facts:
- There was a failure in the facility controlling movements over the Newark-Liberty International Airport.
- Therefore, flights were grounded to the market for the airport serving New York.
- These are another irregularities related to the functioning of this airport.
As Faa informed, in the Philadelphia Flight Control Tower, whose staff directs flights over the Newark-Liberty airport, a “telecommunications problem” appeared. The agency informed that “flights to the airport were delayed” for a short time. ” According to the announcement, the functioning of the airport “was restored to normality”.
The American CNN station reported that the situation in which planes headed for the airport in Newark could not start, lasted about 45 minutes.
Problems at Newark-Liberty airport
During the past two weeks there were two failures related to flight control over the airport in Newark. As the American media remind, on Friday, May 9, the communication system with aircraft suffered for about 90 seconds of failure. A similar defect took place on April 28 in the same facility.
As a result, air traffic controllers for several dozen seconds could not communicate with any aircraft they were responsible for. They also did not see the position of machines on radars. These problems meant that some controllers are on health leave.
The airport capacity is to be reduced
Transport secretary USA Sean Duffy said on Sunday that it is safe to use the Newark airport and said that the number of flights at this airport would be limited until the problem is solved.
In an interview with the NBC station, he noted that the flight control system is “outdated”. – In the next few weeks we will reduce the bandwidth in Newark. I will convene a meeting of all airlines serving the airport to agree on how to reduce the capacity – said Duffy.
The secretary also reported that there is a new communication line between the object in Philadelphia and the airport, which is to be commissioned by the end of summer and that flight controllers will receive a proposal of 20 % bonuses.
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Source: CNN, Reuters
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