Shomer requires “immediate repair” to address the issues of Newark Airport

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y, US Secretary of Transport Sean Duffy, calls for “immediately repairing the situation at Newark Airport”, after a period of travel and chaos.

“When people hear about dark radar screens, traffic monitors who cannot talk to aircraft and technology that seems to be better better than tin cans, they do not believe that this is a story about the Trump administration’s federal aviation administration, but this is very frightening: this story is real and this story is dangerous. This position is also unacceptable,” Schumer said in a statement on Sunday.

“I contacted this week last week with FAA, and I feel that I did not feel better today for a week about the state of flight safety because this administration took the controls in FAA. As I said last week, Newark is a harbinger.

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On Thursday, more than 500 flights were delayed inside and outside Newark, at least 200 others were canceled, and chaos was followed throughout the weekend.

Transport Minister Sean Duffy blamed the situation for the poor technology in the X.

The Nark Airport turmoil leaves airlines leaflets to scramble while experts share tips for their lack of interruption.

“The technology we use is old. This is what causes the power and delay we see in Newark,” Dofi wrote.

Shomer stated that there were 34 cancellation on average average day since mid -April in Newark, according to federal aviation, with the increase in the number of delay throughout the day from five in the morning to 16 by evening. Reports say it tends to continue 85 to 137 minutes on average.

The legislators interact with the chaos of Newark Airport: “Your family deserves to know that you will be safe.”

On Sunday, Shomer said Dove “should put Newark first in the reform line that he said would be presented to ATC systems in the country.”

He also provided specific details about the work that must be done, including installing the direct fiber -fiber communication line between Newark Airport and the Philadelphia radar control center, and there is no longer more indirect crossbar. Schumer called for “a modern and direct connection and new computers to analyze and display the transferred data.”

In a lengthy statement obtained by Fox News and Fox Business, the Federal Aviation Administration acknowledged that “many major airlines face continuous disturbances at Newark Jersey International Airport at Newark Liberty International Airport, where the attachment with continuous employment and technology issues must be.”

Last week, air traffic monitors in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Facility in Philadelphia The lost radar and radio signals were lost while directing the aircraft to Newark for about 90 seconds, causing a great delay and the continuing cancellation of the aircraft. “

“We are working to ensure that current communication equipment is more reliable in the New York region by creating a more flexible and frequent confirmation with local transport companies. In addition, we update our automation system to improve flexibility.”

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When Fox News Digital reached it, the Duffy actor referred to an interview conducted by the Secretary earlier in the day to Fox Business.

“I love the Democrats who are now concerned about air traffic control,” Dove said.

“They spent $ 1.2 trillion in the Biden-Petigig era; at a value of $ 1 trillion on the American infrastructure, and they did not spend anything on air traffic (control), and they knew that the elderly and needed enormous rebuilding. They did not do that now. They complain during the Trump administration, we are.”

Andrea Margolis of Fox News Digitter and Charles Cretzen contributed to this report.

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