Astounding New Audio Shows Air Traffic Controllers Reacting To Faa Tech Outage: 'this Is A Serious Issue'

Incredible aerial postulation power (ATC) audio captures nan infinitesimal unit mislaid radar and power signals while guiding planes to Newark Liberty International Airport successful New Jersey past week.

The April 28 outage lasted astir 90 seconds. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association confirmed nan incident to Fox News Digital, penning that nan Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s cognition successful Philadelphia had "temporarily mislaid radar and communications pinch nan craft nether their control, incapable to see, hear, aliases talk to them."

The audio shows nan first moments of controllers learning of an outage astatine Philadelphia TRACON/ATCT.

"There is immoderate instrumentality outages, truthful I don't cognize what precisely nan instrumentality is, but they're having immoderate wave issues, and past nan radar scopes are out, truthful they can't person anyone depart correct now," 1 man is heard saying.

NEWARK AIRPORT HIT WITH NEW DELAYS, OUTAGE HEARD ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUDIO

A position of Newark Airport May 6, 2025. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"I americium going to move you present because I conscionable sewage told that nan attack mislaid each nan radars. Three of nan 4 radar screens went achromatic and they person nary frequencies," different says.

Another man remarks, "I conjecture this is simply a superior rumor because I person 1 much arrival, and now I person cipher other coming successful back."

The audio besides captures controllers attempting to get much accusation astir nan outage.

"Any thought really agelong nan departure hold is going to be?" 1 man asks successful nan audio.

"I person nary idea. We're still waiting connected connection from Newark TRACON," different quickly replies.

HAKEEM JEFFRIES BLAMES TRUMP FOR NEWARK AIRPORT CHAOS, ACCUSES WHITE HOUSE OF 'BREAKING THE FAA'

Travelers astatine a United Airlines Holdings Inc. check-in area successful Terminal C of Newark Liberty International Airport successful Newark, N.J., Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"The attack conscionable told maine that a mates of techs went in, looked astatine nan radar scope and walked out," a man is heard saying. "They deliberation it's going to beryllium a apt delay."

The incident predated monolithic delays and cancellations astatine nan New Jersey recreation hub, which has been ongoing since Thursday.

In a connection obtained by FOX Business, nan FAA addressed nan staffing shortages that person contributed to nan issue.

"While we cannot quickly switch [the controllers who person left] owed to this highly specialized profession, we proceed to train controllers who will yet beryllium assigned to this engaged airspace," nan agency said Monday.

A position wrong Newark Airport arsenic travelers look 8 consecutive days of monolithic delays, United Airlines canceling routes and staffing shortages successful Newark, N.J., May 6, 2025. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

"When staffing aliases instrumentality issues occur, the FAA will guarantee information by slowing nan complaint of arrivals into nan airport. We will support nan nationalist updated arsenic we activity done these issues."

Fox News Digital's Kyle Schmidbauer contributed to this report.