It has happened again. Newark Liberty International Airport just experienced its fourth air traffic control (ATC) outage in the past month. Controllers at the troubled Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) area, which manages arrivals and departures for Newark, lost radio frequencies for a brief period yesterday, leaving them unable to communicate with aircraft.

IATA/ICAO Code

EWR/KEWR

Country

United States

CEO

James Gill

All aircraft remained safely separated during the outage and no incidents were reported. But this is a further concerning development at one of the nation's busiest airports, which has been plagued with technology and communications issues in recent weeks. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says that it has initiated an investigation into

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