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Newark Airport Radar Outages: Air Traffic Control Issues

VASAviation -May 12, 20252 min41,320 views
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Radar System Failures at Newark

  • ⚠️ Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) experienced multiple brief radar outages during air traffic control communications.
  • 💡 Controllers informed pilots about the radar issues, with one stating, "Our scopes just went black again."
  • ✈️ Pilots were advised to contact their airlines to apply pressure for the equipment outages to be fixed.

Contingency Procedures During Outages

  • 📌 In case of further radar failures, pilots were instructed to maintain at or above 3,000 feet until passing Mortown.
  • 🚀 After passing Mortown, pilots could then be cleared for their approach.
  • 💬 Controllers expressed hope that the issues would be resolved, with one pilot noting, "Let's hope we made it."
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