Denver airport faced a six-minute outage of air traffic control communications, which left 15-20 pilots unable to contact controllers upon their descent. The incident occurred after multiple radio transmitters failed. While controllers could still track planes on radar, they were temporarily unable to communicate, raising safety concerns. The situation was reportedly mitigated after a pilot contacted controllers through a distress frequency. This outage follows a series of similar incidents occurring in other airports, notably Newark, raising questions about air traffic safety protocols.
"It's one thing to lose track of one airplane because you can't communicate with them, but to lose track of all of the airplanes that you had communication with."
"From my understanding, in this situation, they still had radar coverage, but that's like watching a car crash happen and not be able to do anything about it."
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