Read our Privacy noticeNewark Liberty Airport, one of the busiest airports in the country, experienced its fourth air traffic communication outage in three weeks on Tuesday, amid concerns of aging systems and ongoing air traffic controller staffing shortages. open image in gallery The latest outage affected the Philadelphia air traffic control center, which manages flights at Newark Airport ( Getty Images )These failures left air traffic controllers in Philadelphia unable to see or communicate with planes around Newark for up to 90 seconds on April 28 and May 9. The Newark Airport air traffic controller explained how stressful the environment already is, and when outages occur, it can be devastating. “Being at the controls without any of our signals is like trying to dodge mines without a mine detector,” the Newark Airport air traffic controller told The Times. “The staff shortages are only going to get worse,” the air traffic controller said.
