Radar screens at Newark Liberty International Airport went black early Friday morning, raising more air traffic safety concerns at one of the region’s busiest hubs, federal authorities said.
The 4 a.m. EDT outage only lasted 90 seconds on a limited number of sectors, the FAA said, but the blackout will still be seen as a troubling development in the wake of revelations that controllers lost radio contact with pilots flying into EWR in recent months.
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