FAA Investigates Multiple Newark Airport Outages and LaGuardia Close Call

Newark Airport Communications Outages

• ⚠️ Newark Airport experienced its fourth communications outage in three weeks this morning.
• 📌 The incident again involved the Philadelphia air traffic control facility, which manages flights for Newark.
• ⏱️ While the FAA stated the outage lasted two seconds, a source indicated it took closer to a minute to fully recover communications.

LaGuardia Airport Close Call

• ✈️ The FAA is also investigating a close call at LaGuardia Airport that occurred on May 6th.
• 🛑 A Republic Airways flight cleared for takeoff was instructed to stop by air traffic controllers as a United flight was exiting the same runway.
• 💨 The Republic Airways jet was traveling at 118 miles per hour when its pilots applied the brakes.

Current Status and Traveler Concerns

• ✅ The FAA reports that operations at both the Philadelphia TRACON and Newark Airport are back to normal.
• 😟 These incidents, though not related, are raising concerns for travelers in the tri-state area.
• 📰 CBS News New York will continue to follow and report on these developing stories.