Newark airport radar goes dark—for the SECOND TIME. 90 seconds with no pilot contact. Controllers alarmed: ‘Our scopes just went black again.’ Lawmakers demand immediate action. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky - ThreadSky

cbarbermd.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Newark airport radar goes dark—for the SECOND TIME. 90 seconds with no pilot contact. Controllers alarmed: ‘Our scopes just went black again.’ Lawmakers demand immediate action.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/09/newark-airport-radar-outage/ #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky

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skittishmactavish.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Lawmakers demand immediate action ? LOL
The Congress is dead.

cagoff.bsky.social•1 day ago

Correction: Lawmakers vote to rename the Gulf of Mexico before even considering problems with air traffic control.

racinglady8.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fun fact Trump is blaming Biden for this. Hey dumbass you and Elon fired traffic controllers, managers and engineers who kept the system running. Can’t fix stupid

jimbelushis68.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Fun fact Trump is blaming Biden for this. Hey dumbass you and Elon fired traffic controllers, managers and engineers who kept the system running. Can’t fix stupid

riptorn2.bsky.social•1 day ago

racinglady8.bsky.social•1 day ago

🤣😂

jeanj8-2.bsky.social•18 hours ago

This awful situation must be resolved NOW‼️‼️

uncommonman1941.bsky.social•20 hours ago

We didn't have any issues like this until donald decided to let doge and musk fuck with the ATC system. Fire a few hundred of them, then start turning the radar on and off whenever you want - you have the passwords.
Someone's head needs to be on a pike, Two heads maybe.

davedonth.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Lawmakers demand action?
They hold the purse strings don’t they?
They could appropriate funding to modernize our ATC.
They’re too busy re-naming bodies of water to appease their Dear Leader.

larom4.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Amazing how all this is happening since Trump took office, back door way to give Musk the contact

koolkankat.bsky.social•18 hours ago

The "immediate action" should be shutting down the airport until the radar is fixed or replaced. I watched Captain Steve's video on the first incident. He said the only reason there were no accidents is because it was a clear day. What would have happened if it was overcast, stormy or foggy?

coltsfan62.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Don’t Fly! Trump DOGE has destroyed all our safeguards! Maybe their planes will encounter each other and crash. They maybe, just maybe they will understand. But don’t count on it.
Insane is insane.

rwpollex.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Infrastructure investment needed
…no quick fixes

bmcucla.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Trump will get to that on 2 weeks

pjspassions.bsky.social•21 hours ago

I still think somehow Musk is behind this. He wants another multimillion contract to install Starlink everywhere.

comradecoconutz.bsky.social•21 hours ago

100% and once we’re all on starlink he controls everyone

girlhasnoname8.bsky.social•21 hours ago

I was thinking the very same thing.

mtbacklash.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Is this the same airport that still uses floppy discs?

snortingwoke.bsky.social•18 hours ago

“Lawmakers demand immediate action”

If only there were a predatory billionaire with a private company he wants to use for air traffic control to have a monopoly on drone delivery routes.

jclan62.bsky.social•21 hours ago

I guess mayor Pete should have spent less time fake breastfeeding a soon to be tortured child and more time trying to learn his job. Thank God for Secretary Duffy!

carlre1222.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Derp

ricst.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Trump will give this to Marco Rubio too

warnsperger.bsky.social•1 day ago

SOON TO COME, A TRAGIC AIR CRASH AT NEWARK..

turey01.bsky.social•23 hours ago

The dark hand of Elon strikes again.

jillallgood.bsky.social•19 hours ago

This has to be sabotage…is Elon pst again?

gskh1237.bsky.social•1 day ago

Planes fall quickly in 90 seconds.

betterangelsrise.bsky.social•1 day ago

Is this the doge kids playing at the FAA?
🤔What could go wrong?

3mcj.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Seems like Musk's doge boys are playing games with lives.

neptunelover.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hmmmm......I wouldn't fly any where.

fleischpraline.bsky.social•1 day ago

Government money well saved

mxtdoliver.bsky.social•22 hours ago

To all of my coworkers who thought I was just crazy for refusing to fly to a non mandatory professional development conference later this month: my fear of flying seems less like a phobia and more like good sense now, doesn't it?

revmags.bsky.social•21 hours ago

I’m right there with you

madcolorist.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Elon wants that contract he probably is behind it.

blair4347.bsky.social•17 hours ago

🇨🇦 I booked a return ticket to Europe today. One of the options had a stop in Newark en route. And I thought, no way!

itsnotmyfault80.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I’m wondering why this is happening now…could it be that this is a deliberate doge act?

barnat4.bsky.social•12 hours ago

When a plane goes down...it was Biden's fault.

#Impeach

carlre1222.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Damn that DEI.

merilynaw.bsky.social•21 hours ago

And then of course, they try to blame Biden's admin.

docs41.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Hmmm, hacking, maybe? 😾🦇

ghettogurl6.bsky.social•1 day ago

Holy shit they let go of the ones who really know how to push the buttons… I’m dead….🤣

oldgamernerd.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Maybe, juuuuuust maybe, they shouldn’t have screwed with things that they were too stupid to comprehend.
Maybe.

sam--2025.bsky.social•1 day ago

I would not be flying through Newark or really anywhere in the US right now. Really taking your chances. Great job (not), Rump regime. Way to fuck up every single thing in every single area of life.

ffa1984.bsky.social•19 hours ago

As an electronics and IT guy, let me offer this. When systems get this bad, they never get back to “normal”. Only expect to see lengthening outages and very soon a complete, irreversible outage.

catlady49ers.bsky.social•1 day ago

I won’t be flying anywhere anytime soon.

hartfield01.bsky.social•18 hours ago

See how far their “demands” go😪 Might
need to walk off the job or make a “serious” move.

harleycat24.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I think maybe by design I’m feeling that I am being a bit paranoid.

It just feels like it is all orchestrated to cause feelings of fear and anxiety.

Why suddenly now?

justme113.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Absolutely would not be flying in the US

Not going anyway…. But if I were

basebsll7.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Sounds like someone's hacking maybe doge

trispw.bsky.social•14 hours ago

It's becoming third world over there.

lovexlove4real.bsky.social•18 hours ago

#Newark, get walkie talkies to each plane leaving your airport. And planes entering Newark air space make sure yall have a walkie talkie that is part of that Newark airport's area/antenna, for the screen Blackouts.Yall gotta think like Alaska at the rate yall going!! #Newarkairport.

kazcam.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Pilot family member here. If they can’t see the plane positions, the ability to converse, apart from letting them know there is an emergency, even leaving the airspace is riddled with danger with so many aircraft. I really don’t want them flying to the US anymore but it’s their job! 😞

ranjitone.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Thank DOGE.

radfence.bsky.social•19 hours ago

They say the third time's the charm.

rabbit500.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Trump got rid of Cybersecurity, could be anybody hacking...

lessafetoday08.bsky.social•1 day ago

When you elect stupid this is the kind of thing that happens.

carlarosenblum.bsky.social•19 hours ago

MAGA

mamastress.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I wonder whether this is retaliating toward Newark Mayor

wendybird3.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Here’s a theory = MuskRat and teenage thugs have been hacking FAA/ATC for months. Then telling MAGA congress that the system is messed up and only he can fix it if they cough up $450,000,000

mwplunkett.bsky.social•23 hours ago

A plane is never going to slam into a skyscraper, oh nevermind.

buckyrea.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Why is that still happening? I thought they got rid of all the woke people.

alolmsted.bsky.social•20 hours ago

There are near misses when the radar IS working.

walksthedesert.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Musk

barnat4.bsky.social•12 hours ago

And Duffy, Transport Sec.

etherialspirit.bsky.social•19 hours ago

U.S. airlines had gone 16 years without a crash, then MAGA fired the FAA chief, gutted the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, and threatened air traffic controllers with layoffs. Now, there have been five fatal crashes. Duffy is an inexperienced, ultracrepidarian sycophant. Flying is dangerous.

tabuto.bsky.social•3 hours ago

In 2022 the Infrastructure bill awarded somewhere near 15 billion, over 5 years, to FAA for modernize and equipment improvements. Guess who killed the infrastructure bill

marseydotes.bsky.social•18 hours ago

ultracrepidarian!!

megdog42.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Unless I’m the pilot, I’m not flying anywhere anytime soon.

And I’m not a pilot.

janedont.bsky.social•20 hours ago

No one should be flying to/from Newark until this is fixed and NOT with Starlink. This is terrifying. I flew last week and sobbed in the car after my husband picked me up at the airport because I was so scared the whole flight.

bluecow11.bsky.social•18 hours ago

American airspace is it safe enough to fly in?

shambollic.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I would bet this is intentional. To facilitate the "upgrades" they've been squawking about recently. Problem is, people are going to be killed.

He's been pushing for the FAA to install Starlink for their communications.
Can you imagine the excuses: 'there will be mistakes, but we'll fix quickly'

nycshea.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I believe you’re onto something… govt contract to starlink next? This is the breadcrumb

iamenyf.bsky.social•18 hours ago

The Verizon contract for $2.4 billion was awarded by the FAA two years ago. The Washington Post reported recently that the agency was on the verge of canceling the contract and giving it to SpaceX.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/27/business/elon-musk-faa-air-traffic-control-failing-spacex

shambollic.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Ding! Yep. I got distracted when I went to go find that. Thanks @iamenyf.bsky.social !

pamballard3.bsky.social•1 day ago

I know it's Bidens fault, or is it DUMP's doge crew???

alwaysmarycoogan.bsky.social•19 hours ago

How much longer are the American people going to allow the ineptitude of a "personality" to run Transportation for our country
They are so obsessed with their hatreds and mean spiritedness they are willing to destroy this country
You have the power
Republicans have a slim majority
pressure them

bargdaffy.bsky.social•18 hours ago

I wonder if the ticket prices to fly into Newark have gone down yet. #EndStageCapitalism

steinheim2.bsky.social•16 hours ago

trump is responsible for this mess. trump owns all the consequences that may result. All of the consequences.

katehemion.bsky.social•1 day ago

Seems like pulling the Biden Administration's transportation infrastructure programme for updating airline control systems was not a good idea. All that money thrown away only to now pay Musk company to do what?

esandbeck.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Republican legislators who want to fly, should be required to fly out of Newark.

pikepiper.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Are they blaming Biden again? He managed fine. Tell congressman to do some legislation for funds. Blame trump, his fascist party.

simonsays2.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Will not fly into Newark or DC. Airlines need to fix this.

grizzleymichael.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Arrest the bitch who started it all Donald Trump.

jackjack59.bsky.social•17 hours ago

God damn musk hackers..
Its not funny anymore...

scoutpaint.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Stupid blames Biden.

oconnellmark.bsky.social•20 hours ago

slinger76.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I'm guessing blackouts will lead to musk.....

iamenyf.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Yep
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/27/business/elon-musk-faa-air-traffic-control-failing-spacex

mooglekingofspace.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I'm starting to think this has something to do with DOGE having gone into Newark's systems recently.

laurakinsale.bsky.social•19 hours ago

exactly. Didn’t it happen at 4 am, when they’d try to sneak in some edits?

ileanadvasquez.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Imagine if Neurolink satellites have something to do with it?

themadcentrist.com•19 hours ago

I am suddenly reminded of Elon Musk's Dogettes getting into FAA systens. Also, the strange coincidence that Elon Musk's Space X company is bidding to replace FAA systems.

Anyone else remember this?

fubar1960.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Buckle up jets dropping off air craft carriers, planes crashing , let's fly the friendly skies!!!

bramalama.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Does anyone else think this might be something nefarious and intentional?

keyzersuze.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Wtf. Open the cheque book and hire hire hire

kccab.bsky.social•1 day ago

Too bad Transportation Secy Duffy is too busy tweeting and locating on Fox to deal with this…

electricblue51.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Setting it up for fELON to make billions more.

howdydo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Did Musk have something to do with this?

thatmillie.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Weird how this never happened under Sleepy Joe.

chelleluna.bsky.social•1 day ago

I wanted to go visit my son in June. I’m not flying.

majeepguy.bsky.social•21 hours ago

So dems voted to upgrade it yrs ago. Republicans said no. musk fires 40 out of 60 traffic controllers, current pc's still using floppy disks..
How can it be Pete B's fault or the dems...
It's on tRump and musk

carlre1222.bsky.social•21 hours ago

It’s Biden’s fault because trump says so, and 100 million people agree.

goddessarmor.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Not even 100 million people voted for him & that was before he started dismantling our democracy

carlre1222.bsky.social•19 hours ago

So? You forgot to consider the complacent non-voters. They are ok with what trump does because they don’t give a crap.

earthfan.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Wasn’t Elon setting up Starlink or some other of his projects with providing services to airports? Cancelled an existing contract? Could his incompetence be behind these outages?

kelclou.bsky.social•21 hours ago

This is the other good reason US tourism is tanking

lippylion17.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Time to shut down to Newark airport until they sort out everything before people get killed

moneill16.bsky.social•19 hours ago

They need to bring back those DEI people and get rid of the DUI ones that The Convicted Felon and Rapist put in charge

impettyaf.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I thought Elon was going to fix everything

everythingisjake.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Time for a traffic controller strike? Joined by maintenance and luggage handlers?

Bring back the people DoGe fired and hire more.

I’ve heard it’s “illegal” for ATC’s to strike, but so what… you land the damn planes!

alexis8.bsky.social•19 hours ago

If you are flying into or out of Newark you are Riesling your life.

par70.bsky.social•19 hours ago

That didn’t happen last year.

pagancelticwitch.bsky.social•18 hours ago

This is definitely being done purposely.
Hmmm, wonder what would happen if a jet crashed into the White House while Donvict and his clowns were there? 🤔

g-was-here.bsky.social•23 hours ago

niCe tRy dUfFy

larryo99.bsky.social•1 day ago

Consider role of ‘doge’ messing with layoffs and systems, creating a manufactured ‘national security crisis’ requiring a tech company to swoop in and rebuild and replace FAA systems…

ibacchus.bsky.social•1 day ago

👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼👏🏼

jlspeakup.bsky.social•19 hours ago

So.. gonna have to rehire the IT guys who kept it running!
I hope they all ask for big raises!

witchywoman23.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Elon still sneaking around like a thief in the night, no we don’t want starlink running our airports you hack

donna6226.bsky.social•21 hours ago

stop arresting the mayor and innocent people - may not prevent blackouts but it will make Newark seem more competent

montealto.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Oh hell, there are probably too many jets in the air and Trump and Musk are merely thinning out the unnecessary flights the easiest way possible.

#MAGA right #MAGAts?
I'm doing this right aren't I, #MAGAtMorons?
Offer some lame excuse to cover for their incompetence?

frozenhustle.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Does anyone know if these planes also disappeared from the scopes of our military that also monitors our sky.
Right after we stopped fighting cyber threats?
Move along.
Nothing to see here.
And now no way to.
No one is watching!

bracing.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Turns out the Republican gubmint-is-bad is unbelievably stupid.

jtulip11.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I wouldn’t put it past Musk to screw around with this. They’re all sociopaths who have a god complex.

anglopad.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I think he's going to try and sell them on the aviation version of grok some time soon.

gethonest.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Sheer brilliance

moto-me.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hmmm ... how to blame Biden.

galaxydreams70.bsky.social•21 hours ago

It’s on Trump’s watch, therefore he owns it.

That’s how it works!

j0nnyclueless.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Kinda makes ya wonder if firing 400 employees, including the technicians who repair these devices was a good idea...

exaustedmind.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is intentional they sabotage the economy, isolate us from allies allow the geshtapo to run around unopposed. Dems what good is being state leadership if you choose to allow this? Help me spread this

angryoldman55.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Musk wants to replace the Air Controllers' system; and Newark starts having issues. No other airports in the nation are seeing outages. Coincidence?

happywarriorbee.bsky.social•8 hours ago

They fired the people who job it is to maintain and make sure the equipment is working

makaleka.bsky.social•19 hours ago

didn't happen when Pete B was in charge......

ck0351.bsky.social•19 hours ago

It's not enough to buy a system, you have to pay to maintain it. That's not as sexy to Congress as paying big dollars to industry to buy a new toy.

bmcucla.bsky.social•19 hours ago

It's interesting that none of this happened til Trump & Musk took over....

tglb.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Did DOGE do this so StarLink can swoop in?

passem.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I don’t recall this happening under the Biden administration

twinkle2s.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Is this only going to happen in blue states?

marseydotes.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Pete Buttigieg tried to get funding for upgrading but republicans voted NO. Now they’re going to kill more people with trying to integrate starlink

brendastevensryan.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Honestly the airlines should be worried about flying through any airspace that has these issues. If planes crash as a result of these outages, the airlines will be sued not the government. They have power and should use it to tell the government to rehire the experts and controllers they fired.