Schumer demands ‘immediate fix’ to address Newark Airport issues

The leader of the Senatic minority Chuck Schumer, Dn.y., requires the US Secretary -General for the transport of Sean Duffy “immediately improves the situation at Newark Airport,” after a series of accidents and chaos accidents.

“When people hear about radar screens that just go dark, traffic controllers that can’t talk to plains, a technology that seemingly acts better than a can, they don’t think this is a FAA story about Trump administration, but that’s what’s so frightening: this story is real and this story is dangerous. This situation is also commercials.

“Last week, I have communicated with FAA today and today I do not feel better than a week ago about the state of aviation security, because this administration took control of the FAA. As I said last week, Newark is Harbinger. If this dangerous situation can happen in the Metro region, imagine that it can be less concerned.

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On Thursday, more than 500 flights in Newark was postponed and at least 200 others were canceled and chaos followed throughout the weekend.

Sean Duffy carriage secretary blamed the situation for bad technology in the X post.

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“The technology we use is old. It’s what causes the failures and delays we see on Newark,” Duffy wrote.

Schumer stated that an average of 34 cancellation of the arrival daily from mid-April in Newark, according to FAAs, with the delay number increased throughout the day from average five in the morning to 16 to 16 years. They usually lasted 85 to 137 minutes on average, reports say.

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On Sunday, Schumer said Duffy “has to put Newark first for repairs he said he would be made on national ATC systems.”

He also gave specific details about the work that needs to be done, including installing a direct line from the optical optical fiber between the Newark Airport and the Radar Control Center Terminal Terminal, there is no more indirect demolition. Schumer has called for “modernized, direct connection and new computers for analysis and display of the transmitted data”.

In a long statement received by Fox News and Fox Business, FAA admitted that “several main airlines are facing liquid flight disorders at the New York-Libert New Jersey International Airport, as the facility is claimed to be underway for staff and technological questions.”

“Last week, air traffic controllers at the Federal Air Force Administration (FAA) Plant in Philadelphia Lost radar and radio signals while directing aircraft on Newark for almost 90 seconds, causing significant delays and canceling flights that remain in progress, “the statement continued.

“We are working to ensure that current telecommunications equipment is more reliable in the New York area, establishing more resistant and redundant configuration with local carriers.

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When Fox News Digital arrived, Duffy’s representative pointed to an interview that the Secretary had previously given to Fox Business “” Evening Edit “during the day.

“I love Democrats who are now worried about air traffic control,” Duffy said.

“They spent $ 1.2 trillion in the Biden-Buttigieg era; $ 1. [control] And they knew he was growing up and he needed a mass renewal. They didn’t. Now they complain during Trump’s administration, we are the ones who are. “

Fox News Digital’s Andrea Margolis and Charles Creitz contributed to this report.

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