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Terrifying Times at Newark Airport

JL;DR SUMMARY Newark International Airport has experienced multiple radar and communication outages over the past two weeks, causing significant delays and flight cancellations. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationJewish CommunitiesNew JerseyFlight CancellationsNewark AirportAir Traffic ControlRadar OutagesCommunication FailuresAir SafetyModernization Plan

Places mentioned

Newark, New Jersey, United States
"An air traffic controller at Newark International Airport, speaking to a FedEx pilot just before 4 a.m. on Friday morning"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"At the air traffic control center in Philadelphia, which oversees Newark, the radar screens showing the locations of planes went black."
Washington DC, United States
"whether it is heading for more disasters like the midair collision in January near Washington, DC, that killed the 67 passengers of a commercial aircraft flight and a US Army helicopter"
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