Feds launch audit into FAA over gutted Long Island air traffic control facility as safety concerns rise over Newark airspace

Fuente: New York Post

The feds are questioning the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to relocate air traffic controllers who oversee Newark’s airspace from Long Island to Philadelphia — following a series of radar blackouts and growing concerns over exhausted, short-staffed crews working 60-hour weeks. The Department of Transportation’s Inspector General confirmed this week that it’s auditing the FAA’s 2024 decision to shift control of Newark Liberty Airport’s airspace from New York TRACON, the radar hub in Westbury, to Philadelphia’s air traffic tower after they experienced a series of radar blackouts in New Jersey. “The FAA downplayed the safety risks,” Rep.