New York Post
By Josh Christenson, Reuven Fenton, Steven Vago and Chris Nesi
Published May 5, 2025, 2:59 p.m. ET
Air traffic controllers overseeing Newark Liberty International Airport experienced a horrifying 90-second blackout in radar and communications caused by a fried piece of copper wire, a source familiar with the incident told The Post.
The April 28 failure — which left Federal Aviation Administration workers with no eyes or ears — resulted in many controllers at the Philadelphia-based center to take trauma leave, according to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association union.