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Concerns about flight safety after air traffic controllers at Newark briefly lost all contact with planes

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published May 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM PDT

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with aviation safety consultant Jeff Guzzetti about concerns for flight safety nationwide following an incident last week at Newark Airport, where air traffic controllers briefly lost all contact with airplanes trying to take off and land there.

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