Transportation chief unveiling plan to overhaul air traffic control system

Duffy announcing aerial postulation power overhaul

U.S. proscription caput to denote aerial postulation power overhaul 03:00

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is expected to unveil his program for a caller aerial postulation power strategy Thursday. The announcement comes arsenic the planetary airdrome successful Newark, New Jersey, continues to woody with disruptions pursuing an outage past week.

Air postulation controllers directing flights into Newark Liberty International Airport lost communications and their screens went blank for astir 90 seconds connected April 28.

"We don't person a radar, truthful I don't cognize wherever you are," 1 controller was heard saying connected a recorded transmission.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the outage lasted astir 30 seconds, and it took different 30-60 seconds for planes to reappear connected controllers' screens.

Several controllers went connected trauma leave successful the aftermath of the outage, which appears to astatine slightest successful portion beryllium owed to a fried copper wire. There person besides been much than 4,000 delays and implicit 1,000 cancellations successful and retired of Newark.

In an interrogation earlier Duffy's announcement, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian told CBS News helium afloat supports upgrading the aerial postulation power system.

"I'm not saying that the moving conditions are acceptable, and I deliberation that the controllers bash an astonishing occupation successful presumption of managing," Bastian said successful an interrogation for "CBS Sunday Morning."

Bastian said it's harmless to get connected an airplane, but helium besides said the aerial postulation power strategy can't run successful its existent signifier for overmuch longer.

"What we request is simply a important concern by our authorities successful aerial postulation power modernization, which I cognize this medication and I cognize the caput of proscription is committed to delivering," Bastian said.

How to ticker Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's aerial postulation power announcement

• What: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is expected to denote his program for a caller aerial postulation power system.
• Date: Thursday, May 8, 2025
• Time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
• Location: Department of Transportation headquarters, Washington, D.C.
• Online stream: Live connected CBS News successful the subordinate supra and connected your mobile oregon streaming device.

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• United States Department of Transportation
• Federal Aviation Administration