Denver air traffic controllers temporarily lose radio communications with aircraft
- Air traffic controllers at Denver International Airport lost radio communications with aircraft for 90 seconds on Monday afternoon.
- This outage followed two recent high-profile failures at a Newark, New Jersey facility and was caused by a Federal Aviation Administration equipment malfunction.
- During the Denver outage, controllers switched to an emergency frequency after both primary and backup channels failed, while radar systems continued operating normally.
- Frank McIntosh, FAA's air traffic control head, confirmed, "The outage affected communications, not radar," and said that aircraft remained safely separated with no operational impact.
- The failure highlights ongoing staffing and aging equipment issues in the U.S. Air traffic system, prompting a recent multibillion-dollar overhaul plan announced by the Trump administration.
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