From Washington to Newark, recent aviation mishaps are prompting Congress to scrutinize safety protocols, revealing a pattern of miscommunication, unauthorized flights, and technical failures. Senior Federal Aviation Administration officials on Wednesday testified before the Senate Commerce Committee about systemic vulnerabilities in air traffic control,

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The bottom line is the airport has become so unreliable over the years. It’s getting worse and worse and worse,” a former air traffic controller said.

The hotline connecting Pentagon and FAA air traffic controllers at Reagan Washington National Airport has been defunct since March 2022. An incident involving a Black Hawk and an American Airlines jet heightened concerns.

A 90-second outage on May 9 at a Philadelphia air traffic control site disrupted radar and communications for Newark flights, the FAA said. It’s the latest in a string of failures since April 28, sparking delays,

Tech chaos at Newark Liberty airport saw a spike in cancellations and delays in recent weeks, disrupting one of the busiest airports in the United States.

In addition to the "incredibly old" air traffic control setup that's plaguing Newark Liberty International Airport, leading to frightening recent outages of the radar system used there, the New Jersey travel hub is also suffering from an air traffic controller shortage that's causing concern.