Anarchy at Newark and Atlanta Airports, delay in more than 450 flights, dozens canceled

Passengers faced major disruption at the US two of the most busy airports on Monday, delaying over 450 flights and dozens were canceled due to ongoing air traffic control issues and shortage of employees. Both Newark Liberty International and Atlanta’s Hertsfield-Jacaxon International were immersed in fresh chaos, as federal officials warned of continuous disruption in the coming days.Atlanta airport, the country’s busiest, recorded more than 370 delays till Monday afternoon, according to the flightware, after the Sunday Ground stop due to equipment outage and thunder. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warned that another stop could not be denied. Most of the delays affected delta air lines, which uses Atlanta as its main hub.Meanwhile, the Newarark Airport on Monday saw 82 cancellation and another 85 delay, which is a week’s end of technical failures at the end of a week. On Sunday, a 45 -minute ground stop, FAA triggered by an outage in air traffic control facility, which closed the wave of disruption. Till Monday evening, the delay of over 90 minutes was average, allegedly held for about seven hours with some flights.The FAA blamed the lack of staffing, which suggests that the Philadelphia-based feature set only three air traffic controllers during the critical hours which now handles the flight operation of Newark. According to the New York Times, several times the number of certified controllers fell below just one or two below the target of FAA of 14. The staff crisis has been extended by the recent trauma leave taken by controllers after the radar outage, forcing the agency to limit traffic in Newark to ensure security.US Transport Secretary Sean Dafi warned that the traffic in Newark would be reduced by several weeks. Speaking at a press briefing, Dafi accused the Biden administration and former Secretary Pete Butgieg of failing to address the weaknesses of the long -term infrastructure, especially the controversial steps last year to transfer the air traffic operations of Newark from New York to Filadelphia. Dafi stated that insufficient security measures were installed in telecom lines, calling the system “error-prone”.,A software update set up on Friday allegedly prevented the failure of the third radar over the weekend, but remains concerned. Dafi confirmed that during Sunday’s system being online, the operation was carefully stopped for 45 minutes due to the previous two outs. He called for a formal inquiry into FAA decisions and revealed a plan to overhaul the country’s air traffic control infrastructure, including thousands of high -speed data connections and radar replacement.However, no budget details were disclosed.