Air traffic control is back in the news. On Apr. 28 and again on May 9, communication system breakdowns affecting Newark Liberty International Airport limited the ability of air traffic controllers to ...

The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be ...

A Newark air traffic controller says he's not sure if he'll ever return to the job after several equipment failures caused ...

The head of the FAA said he's "confident" the technology issues at troubled Newark Liberty International Airport will be ...

Recent outages at Newark Airport highlighted the challenges facing air traffic controllers. What's the science underpinning ...

A shortage of air traffic controllers, bungled IT management, outdated technology, and a brewing disaster in our airspace.

The FAA said a fourth outage Monday knocked out radio communications ... “It’s not to downplay the seriousness of communication failure or radar outages, but it’s to recognize that we have procedures, ...

and U.S. officials have warned that the FAA could experience other telecommunication failures. On May 12, an air traffic control facility in Colorado experienced a communications outage for about ...

Air traffic controllers handling flights for Newark Liberty International Airport experienced another troubling communications ... internal FAA report called "STARS Remote Tower Failures Background." ...

the FAA implemented new delays for flights to Newark averaging 23 minutes due to short air traffic controller staffing in the facility. A 90-second loss of radar coverage and radio communications ...