A Newark air traffic controller on the moment systems went dark

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Passengers arrive at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on May 7, 2025. Kena Betancur / AFP/Getty Images

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Federal regulators are now limiting the number of flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport. This comes after a harrowing month for the air traffic controllers who work the airspace around it.

On April 28th, communications and radar systems went dark at the air traffic control facility in Philadelphia, where controllers manage the airspace around Newark.

Since then there have been more

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