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<v Speaker 1>The FAA confirmed that yet another system outage occurred at

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<v Speaker 1>the facility that handles flights in and out of Newark

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<v Speaker 1>Liberty International Airport. And uh, why not? That's where we

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<v Speaker 1>begin our terror in the skies flights zero Nier. You're alert,

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<v Speaker 1>day off, Roger, get off my plane, Roderick Rodgers? What's

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<v Speaker 1>our victor? Victor? Enough is enough? I have a hand.

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<v Speaker 1>Put these multi fighting snakes on this money. It's Gary

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<v Speaker 1>and Shannon's Terror in the Skies O k FO. So

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<v Speaker 1>the FAA is investigating a brief radio system outage at

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<v Speaker 1>the Philly Air Traffic Control Center that is responsible for

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<v Speaker 1>handling flights at Newark International Newark Liberty International Airport there

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<v Speaker 1>in New Jersey. This is not good. It doesn't get

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<v Speaker 1>much better when I play the sound for you. Sorry

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<v Speaker 1>about that. I thought United had cleared well before that

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<v Speaker 1>for a moment and I get at the other United.

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<v Speaker 1>Luis will get you up, went man. Why does he

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<v Speaker 1>have to get the other United out of the way? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Because the radio went out the radar

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<v Speaker 1>frequency again, Okay. The FAA said the control tower lost

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<v Speaker 1>radio frequencies for two seconds yesterday morning at about eleven thirty,

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<v Speaker 1>New Jersey time. Despite that everything remained safely separated. There

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<v Speaker 1>were no big deals. But this is the fourth time

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<v Speaker 1>since April twenty eighth, the fourth time that there has

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<v Speaker 1>been a system outage of some duration at the Philly

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<v Speaker 1>Air Traffic Control Center that's responding for these responsible for

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<v Speaker 1>these flights to come into Newark. After the April incident,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a second outage on May ninth that interrupted

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<v Speaker 1>communications for about ninety seconds. There were more flight disruptions.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a third outage two days after that which

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<v Speaker 1>halted flights. Staffing shortages linked to the April incident led

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<v Speaker 1>to widespread delays. They've been having construtroduction issues with that

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<v Speaker 1>Newark airport that we've told you about many times. In

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<v Speaker 1>the first couple of incidents, both April twenty eighth and

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<v Speaker 1>in May ninth, they had really bad weather. It was

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<v Speaker 1>very overcast and foggy in that area, so they had

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<v Speaker 1>other natural delays that were going to occur. Sean Duffy

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<v Speaker 1>is the Secretary of Transportation. He said earlier this month

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<v Speaker 1>that we are in the midst of upgrading our air

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<v Speaker 1>traffic control system, but it is going to take some time.

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<v Speaker 1>They include updating the system with new software, with new equipment,

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<v Speaker 1>and he says that this revamp is going to cost

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<v Speaker 1>tens of billions of dollars. Right now, we know that

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<v Speaker 1>the FAA system relies on technology that was outdated before

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<v Speaker 1>I graduated from high school, and that in some cases

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<v Speaker 1>the FAA has had to resort to buying equipment on eBay,

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<v Speaker 1>replacement parts on eBay, or even making them on their

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<v Speaker 1>own using three printers because some new components are unavailable

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<v Speaker 1>for that same outdated equipment. Obviously, there are problems with

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<v Speaker 1>the shortage of air traffic controllers in the US. More

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<v Speaker 1>than ninety percent of the nation's airport towers are considered

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<v Speaker 1>to be inadequately staffed. They fall short of standards that

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<v Speaker 1>were set by the working group from the FAA and

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<v Speaker 1>the Controllers Union that put them together. So no word

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<v Speaker 1>today on an outage near Newark, but not good because

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<v Speaker 1>yet another one has prompted problems and delays and they

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<v Speaker 1>will continue at Newark for some time. Nearby up in

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<v Speaker 1>that same area, there was a close call at LaGuardia

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<v Speaker 1>Airport between two commercial jets, currently under investigation by the

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<v Speaker 1>FAA and NTSP. This is one of many of the

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<v Speaker 1>close calls, the go arounds, and the accidents that has

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<v Speaker 1>prompted calls for changes to that aviation system, not just

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<v Speaker 1>air traffic control, but the way the FAA op rates

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<v Speaker 1>on a very general basis. So this happened right about

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<v Speaker 1>twelve thirty in the morning on May sixth, and air

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<v Speaker 1>traffic controller canceled the takeoff clearance for American Eagle flight

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<v Speaker 1>forty seven thirty six because a United flight was taxing

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<v Speaker 1>on that same runway, so he had to yell. The

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<v Speaker 1>controller had to yell brickyard forty seven thirty six. Stop

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<v Speaker 1>Brickyard is the call sign they use for republic airways,

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<v Speaker 1>and then rejected takeoff runway thirteen. Said the pilot, Sorry

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<v Speaker 1>about that. I thought United had cleared well before that,

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<v Speaker 1>according to the controller. So the United flight that was

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<v Speaker 1>coming in that evening from Houston carrying one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>seven passenger six crew members, the planes were about a

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<v Speaker 1>quarter mile apart when the flight that was taking off

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<v Speaker 1>hit the brakes, and the FAA said, it's also investigating

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<v Speaker 1>another like I said, radio outage there at Newark. These

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<v Speaker 1>close calls like this, yeah, they happen. One way I

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<v Speaker 1>heard it. To describe today is they need to stop

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<v Speaker 1>calling them near misses because that makes it sound like

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<v Speaker 1>they were separated. But if you called it, if you

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<v Speaker 1>just changed the nomenclature, if all you did was say

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<v Speaker 1>we had a near hit at LaGuardia, that it would

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<v Speaker 1>have changed pretty significantly and in fact, would make people

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<v Speaker 1>think differently about how dire the situation is. When it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to the tens of thousands of flights that operate

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<v Speaker 1>throughout the United just the United States, the tens of

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<v Speaker 1>thousands of flights that operate in the United States each

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<v Speaker 1>and every day, how many of these close calls are there?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm surprised there are not more. But again, some instances

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<v Speaker 1>like this one. Today's the ninth, today's the twentieth, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're only finding out about it two weeks later. Unless

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<v Speaker 1>you were the pilot or the air traffic controller, this

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<v Speaker 1>stuff isn't advertised very often. So that's just a couple.

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<v Speaker 1>On Saturday, a door dash driver made his way onto

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<v Speaker 1>Chicago O'Hare International Airport grounds. Now I'm not talking about

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<v Speaker 1>driving through the terminal, I mean through a restricted area,

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<v Speaker 1>and they said may have accidentally driven over taxiways while

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<v Speaker 1>trying to find his way back out of the airport.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty six year old driver making a delivery. He accessed

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<v Speaker 1>the airside areas how they referred to it, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know who caught him or you know who noticed him.

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<v Speaker 1>The air traffic controllers in the tower saw this unauthorized

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<v Speaker 1>vehicle making its way through secured parts of the airport.

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<v Speaker 1>They may have crossed multiple internal roads and potentially even

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<v Speaker 1>taxiways before they were noticed by the air traffic controllers.

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<v Speaker 1>Airport authority were able to intercept this guy. They questioned him.

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<v Speaker 1>He said he was completely there by mistake, no big deal,

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<v Speaker 1>accidentally drove to within that secured area, no malicious intent,

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<v Speaker 1>no charges, no citations anything. Door Dash also had to

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<v Speaker 1>come out. They acknowledged the event. They're actively reviewing the

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<v Speaker 1>details around exactly what happened. This is not the first

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<v Speaker 1>time that this has happened. Amazingly, you drive around Lax,

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<v Speaker 1>you drive around Burbank, it's hard to find a place

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<v Speaker 1>to get in that even looks like you could get

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<v Speaker 1>in if you're unless you're going through the normal concourse

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<v Speaker 1>in front of the airport. A former air traffic controller

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<v Speaker 1>said that this was pretty frightening. This guy also flew

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<v Speaker 1>business jets emphasized how dangerous it could have been, because

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<v Speaker 1>he says, imagine if this had been at night. Imagine

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<v Speaker 1>if this was harder for air traffic controllers to identify

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<v Speaker 1>that as an unauthorized vehicle. Yeah, you got headlines rolling around,

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<v Speaker 1>but you got headlights for other vehicles that are traveling

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<v Speaker 1>within that airside portion of the airport that are fine.

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<v Speaker 1>Headlights all looked the same in the dark, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>And it could have been really, really bad. Chicago's major

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<v Speaker 1>airports experienced several similar breaches. In April of last year,

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<v Speaker 1>a city owned vehicle went on an active taxiway at

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<v Speaker 1>O'Hare without prior clearance that prompted a near miss, if

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<v Speaker 1>you want to call it that an incursion with a

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<v Speaker 1>regional aircraft. That was one of at least three runway

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<v Speaker 1>or taxiway access violations involving ground vehicles at O'Hare during

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<v Speaker 1>that year. Chicago Midway, there was just in February Chicago

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<v Speaker 1>Midway there was a flex Jet Challenger three point fifty

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<v Speaker 1>business jet that crossed an active runway without authorization and

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<v Speaker 1>if you remember that, that forced a Southwest flight to

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<v Speaker 1>abort its landing just a few seconds before a touchdown.

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<v Speaker 1>But okay, let's send the terrans in the skies with

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<v Speaker 1>a positive story. Shally, there's a one from Ohio who's

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<v Speaker 1>had a chance encounter with a handsome pilot, if you will.

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<v Speaker 1>Tanya is her name, not even going to try her

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<v Speaker 1>last name because it doesn't make sense. It's just a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of letters, she says. Every time I tell the story,

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<v Speaker 1>people think I'm making it up. She's flying home with

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<v Speaker 1>her family to Cleveland. She catches this guy checking her

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<v Speaker 1>out while she's at the airport in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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<v Speaker 1>Sees that this guy has a pilot's uniform on Hello,

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<v Speaker 1>and that he's a head taller than everybody else. Hello. Hello.

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<v Speaker 1>She didn't think anything of it until she gets onto

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<v Speaker 1>her flight Frontier and sees that this guy, Wesley, was

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<v Speaker 1>on the same plane as he was in uniform. She

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<v Speaker 1>initially thought, oh, that's our pilot, realized he was actually

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<v Speaker 1>off duty. He's just deadheading to a different flight headed

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<v Speaker 1>to Ohio. He gave Kanya's nephew a wave as she

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<v Speaker 1>was carrying the kid down the aisle to her seat

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<v Speaker 1>toward the back of the plane. She then didn't interact

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<v Speaker 1>with him for the rest of the flight until they land.

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<v Speaker 1>When he approaches her with a note, she said, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sitting in a row towards the back. About twenty minutes

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<v Speaker 1>before landing, I got a tap on my shoulder and

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<v Speaker 1>it's that guy handing me a napkin. I made my

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<v Speaker 1>mom and my sister read. At first, I was freaking out.

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<v Speaker 1>This message read again, written on a napkin of a

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<v Speaker 1>frontier airline's flight. Hi, I'm sure you get notes like

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<v Speaker 1>this all the time, but I would love to take

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<v Speaker 1>you out to dinner and get to know you. If

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<v Speaker 1>that's something you'd be up for, let me know, and

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<v Speaker 1>then he dropped his digits. She later learned the pilot

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<v Speaker 1>had never asked out anyone before, let alone somebody on

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<v Speaker 1>a plane, and had to be hyped up by one

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<v Speaker 1>of the flight attendants who helped him right on the napkin.

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<v Speaker 1>She said. She next to the guy the next day

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<v Speaker 1>and they have been together ever since. So you can

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<v Speaker 1>find love in the air.