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May 2025
19m 32s

One Thing: Air Traffic, Out of Control?

CNN
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The Department of Transportation announced it will build a “brand new air traffic control system” by 2029. It follows more than a week of massive delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport sparked by a frightening communications blackout. We look at the plan for the new system and hear from a former air traffic controller who says gover ... Show More
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