Topline
For the second time this week, air traffic controllers overseeing the busy New Jersey airport were temporarily unable to contact pilots approaching for landing.
For the second time in a week, air traffic controllers lost communications with planes at Newark … More
Key Facts
A telecommunications outage around 3:55 a.m. Friday impacted communications and radar display at Philadelphia TRACON Area C, which guides aircraft in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport airspace.
The outage “lasted approximately 90 seconds,” the FAA said in a statement.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
