Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ripped Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg after an alarming radar outage at Newark Airport.
United Airlines pulled 35 round-trip flights a day following a radar outage at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey last week.
Last Monday air traffic controllers lost communication with planes flying in and out of Newark for about 90 seconds.
National Air Traffic Controllers Association told Bloomberg News that Newark “temporarily lost radar and communications with the aircraft under their control, unable to see, hear, or talk to them.”
“Air traffic controllers guiding planes bound for Newark Liberty International Airport lost radar and radio communication for more than a minute early last week before flights at the key hub were snarled for days, according to people familiar with the matter,” Bloomberg reported.
“The outage of those key systems occurred on April 28 and lasted nearly 90 seconds, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the matter because it isn’t public. Following the incident, multiple employees were placed on trauma leave, the people said,” Bloomberg reported.
United grounded flights after an air traffic controller said Newark is “not safe.”
“We feel like there is no other choice in order to protect our customers,” United CEO Scott Kirby said.
On Monday FAA released an urgent statement on Monday after a malfunction with telecommunications equipment.
FAA statement about @EWRairport flight operations:
Our antiquated air traffic control system is affecting our workforce. As @SecDuffy has said, we must get the best safety technology in the hands of controllers as soon as possible. We are working to ensure the current…
— The FAA
(@FAANews) May 5, 2025
Biden’s DEI Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg did nothing to fix the antiquated air traffic control system even though he was given billions of dollars to handle the problem.
Buttigieg couldn’t even fix the potholes when he was a small town mayor of South Bend, Indiana, so it is no surprise that he did not thing to improve the air traffic control system.
Secretary Duffy blasted Buttigieg and Biden for doing nothing to fix the air traffic control equipment.
“What did they do? Nothing! Instead they spent their time focused on changing the name of ‘cockpit’ to ‘flight deck,’” Duffy said.
WATCH:
Buttigieg & Biden knew the air traffic control system was antiquated. They saw the government watchdog reports warning the system was aging.
What did they do? Nothing! Instead they spent their time focused on changing the name of “cockpit” to “flight deck.” pic.twitter.com/QaNtYvaCCl
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) May 6, 2025
Duffy dropped the receipts:
Last year, the GAO warned more than a third of FAA systems are outdated, unsustainable, and lack spare parts.
Here are more of the receipts:
Last year, the watchdog warned more than a third of FAA systems are outdated, unsustainable, and lack spare parts. https://t.co/0UnJ1T3TT2 pic.twitter.com/48CcSRKqBG— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) May 6, 2025
More than 100 systems declared questionable at best were found to have “critical operational impacts on the safety and efficiency of the national airspace.”
More than 100 systems declared questionable at best were found to have “critical operational impacts on the safety and efficiency of the national airspace.” pic.twitter.com/la3SdaQ3CO
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) May 6, 2025
Another report from a government watchdog in 2023 warned staffing shortages for air traffic controllers jeopardized flight safety. https://t.co/g6E5SWGV1s pic.twitter.com/TFOevOYC0u
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) May 6, 2025
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