'Matter of Time Before Crash Between Planes,' Air Traffic Controller Warns

Traffic controller's chilling warning as she admits she won't fly at own airport

AN air traffic controller has warned that lives are at risk at her own airport after a terrifying mid-air blackout left her unable to guide four planes. Even she refuses to fly out of the major US airport, and would pay more and go through extra hassle just to avoid it. ReutersNewark airport has had a string of communication issues[/caption] A veteran air traffic controller at Newark recalled her experience that left her traumatised The veteran …

'Matter of time before crash between planes,' Air traffic controller warns

(KTLA) - An air traffic controller on duty during a 90-second communications blackout at Newark International Airport earlier this month says that if immediate changes aren’t made in one of the busiest airports in the country, “people will pay with their lives.”   The 39-year-old New York native, a 16-year veteran controller in one of the most chaotic airspaces in the world, made the statements this week in an anonymously written article publish…

The main causes of air traffic control problems at Newark Airport

Air traffic controllers handling flights for Newark Liberty International Airport experienced another troubling communications outage on Monday. It is the region’s fourth reported air traffic control outage in the last few weeks, raising serious safety concerns and contributing to a nightmare of flight delays and cancellations for travelers flying in and out of Newark. On multiple occasions since April 28, air traffic controllers have temporaril…

US air traffic control – mayday, mayday, mayday...  - The Loadstar

When we think of logistics infrastructure, we think of highways, bridges, runways, and ports. But it’s the things we can’t see that make you appreciate their importance, when you really need them. Flying blind  New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) serves more than forty-five air carriers with nearly 1,200 daily arrivals and departures to domestic and international destinations. It is jointly owned by New York City and Newark a…

Pilot warns of new runway’s dangers

The new runway at Marion County Airport (X35) in Dunnellon, Florida, is likely to result in mid-air collisions.