Newark Airport officials were warned of radar feed failure as it showed Locks’ display also failed

Within 90 horrifying seconds, air traffic controllers were responsible for introducing the plane to Newark Liberty International Airport, only praying.

A piece of “fried” copper wire temporarily wiped out their radar and wiped off the ray power supply on May 9 – causing the plane to fly blindly to one of the world’s busiest airports.

Last year, when FAA planners moved their controllers to a new website in Philadelphia, they saw the situation of the end of the world as an “extremely distant” possibility.

But internal reports leaked to dailymail.com show that senior officials have sufficient warnings that warnings that the outdated communications system of warned that they are on the verge of crash.

Confidential documents list a variety of situations, in 2022 and 2023, in the case of more than a dozen or more towers showing across Southern California.

A national security team determined that the culprit was crowded Ethernet cables that could not cope with the amount of data between the radar and the tower.

The report ominously concluded that California is not unique to dangers, as the FAA relies on decades of technology throughout the country.

Officials insist they can mitigate the “high-risk hazard” by installing software patches and having employees monitor signals manually.

A second power outage occurred at Denver Airport on May 12

Tim Arel, the outgoing head of the FAA Air Transportation Organization, approved the basic restoration.

But retired FAA engineer Rick Castaldo thought it was “tragic” this week, reviewing the internal reports of Dailymail.com’s findings.

“Surveillance failures won’t prevent failures,” Castaldo Burning said.

“This is almost exactly the same problem in Newark. Those f**kers know this will continue to happen, but they can do nothing about it.

A FAA spokesman said: “The FAA has more than 74,000 pieces of equipment in a national airspace system. Each air traffic control facility has a contingency plan to ensure safety and we have built-in layoffs, backup systems and procedures in the event of system failure, weather or other unplanned events.

“But, as Transport Secretary Sean Duffy pointed out, our system is outdated and shows its age. When equipment problems occur, the FAA will ensure safety by slowing air traffic at the airport.”

American Airlines’ safety has been shocked in recent months by a series of crashes and nearly lost, including a January air collision between military helicopters and an American airline in Washington, D.C.

Telecommunications disruptions in Newark on April 28 and May 9 – another 90-second blackout in a portion of Denver airspace on May 12 – only added to the wave of public uneasiness.

The leak’s internal report shows that senior officials have enough warnings that the regulator’s outdated communications system is on the verge of a crash

After the collision of US Hawk Flight 5342, debris is considered a sight of the Coast Guard, local, state and federal agencies and the Black Hawk helicopter crashing into the Potomac River, the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport

Transport Secretary Sean Duffy

However, on June 16, 2022, the attention was less, when controllers at 11 towers including Los Angeles International, San Diego, Ontario, Palm Springs and Long Beach suddenly found themselves staring at the blank monitor.

On December 26, another 14 monitors fell simultaneously, and in Van Nuys, El Monte and several other small airports fell into similar nightmares.

“While some towers can be automatically restored, some have to be reconfigured manually,” the report said.

The basic problem pointed out by the documentation involves a critical FAA processing platform called Stars (standard terminal automation replacement system).

The technology automates a large number of regional control center radar, weather and real-time aeronautical data, called Tracon (terminal radar proximity control) sites, which guide aircraft to and from the airport.

It is also provided to remote airport towers via telecommunications cables that do not have direct access to the radar.

The problem, the team explained, is that the star was designed by the defense giant Thor of the 1990s to generate continuous signals compatible with analog wiring.

It was never designed for modern Ethernet connections that stream data in tiny digital fragments or “packets”.

Ethernet is faster and more efficient, but the disadvantage is that so many packets can immediately flood the system to cause traffic on line and create “traffic jams.”

The stars respond to the hold by retransmitting the same data again and again until the “cascading event” overwhelms the bandwidth and feeds it to the remote control tower display.

Starting in August 2023, staff were told to monitor the Southern California Tracon Network signal, three times a day, to keep the cumbersome data peaks.

They found another 42 signal problems, but were almost powerless to prevent 28 monitors from 15 more deaths on April 27 and three interruptions on November 14, affecting 23 airports.

The software patch approved by the upcoming FAA head Tim Arel has been hit as “pathetic”

Confidential documents list a variety of situations, with more than a dozen or more towers displayed in Southern California in 2022 and 2023

Staff discovered another 42 signal problems, but were almost helpless to prevent 28 monitors from 15 more deaths on April 27 and three interruptions on November 14, affecting a total of 23 airports.

In one example, the worker attempted to make up for the failed line at the Hollywood Burbank Airport by manually disconnecting the network – similar to pulling a LAN cable from the back of a home router.

The report states: “The communication line failure lasted for six days.” The final fix was “untimely”.

It warns that no matter where the celebrity software is running, similar hazards can be expected, making it a nationwide security risk.

Castaldo told dailymail.com that Southern California is particularly prone to power outages because the distance between the radar and the tower there is greater vulnerability.

For the same reason, he was not surprised to see similar issues siegeing Newark, the main hub of the New York City area and the 13th busiest airport in the United States.

The FAA Chief transferred control of Newark airspace to Traken, Philadelphia in July 2024 to address chronic controller shortages at its former New York base and reduce traffic congestion in the Northeast Corridor.

However, radio stations and radar feed at New Jersey Airport are still processed on Long Island and are processed in a way that critics compare to a 100-mile copper “extension line”.

According to CNN, pre-mobile analysis downplays concerns about communication failures and rated the opportunity as one in 11 million.

Officials insist they can mitigate “high-risk hazards” by installing software patches and have employees monitor signals manually

Castaldo, who has worked with the FAA for more than two decades, said multiple backup systems should be installed anyway.

“Every plane on Earth has built-in redundancy for the “Oh s **t” moments that occur during flight. It costs a lot of money, but that’s why these machines are so reliable. ” he said.

“It is unforgivable that they have not applied that principle.”

In a press conference Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy slammed the Biden Administration for pushing Newark’s move “not properly strengthening telecommunications lines to provide data.”

Duffy groped at his ex whom he accused at the Transport Department of the United States.

“They add more risks to the system without addressing the infrastructure.”

Duffy promised to build three new telecommunications lines between New York and Philadelphia and replaced a three-year modernization program with the latest fiber, wireless and satellite technologies to replace aging radar and copper wires.

FAA insiders worry he has failed.

“Secretary Duffy is clearly listening to the FAA people who are putting us in trouble,” a senior official told dailymail.com.

Integrating the new system while maintaining 24/7 operating efficiency is like replacing flat tires at 70 mph on the highway.

“It won’t be a solution overnight or three to five years.”

Experts are not surprised to see similar issues plaguing Newark, the main hub of the New York City area and the 13th busiest airport in the United States

Last month, it was revealed that FAA veteran Arel, who has been a veteran of the past forty years, will resign soon after accepting President Trump’s federal “buyout” plan.

However, many of the senior officials mentioned in the Dailymail.com’s confidential report remain at a critical position in the FAA.

Duffy is a smart man, but he violates an ingrained bureaucracy that doesn’t know how to solve it. They need a new team,” Castaldo said.

The last power outage was at 4 a.m. Thankfully, during peak hours, when 40 to 60 aircraft were operating at 200mph, this didn’t happen.

“I would seriously keep the period from flying to Newark.”