The FAA anticipates that the airport's air traffic control tower will be without staff until 10 p.m. Monday, according to spokesperson Kristen Alsop. The tower was without staff starting at 4:15 p.m. Due to the government shutdown, air traffic controllers are working without pay. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday that the FAA was seeing a small uptick in air traffic control workers calling in sick during the shutdown.
Munich Airport was temporarily closed last night following reports of drones buzzing around the area. According to the airport's press office, "German air traffic control (DFS) restricted flight operations at Munich Airport from 10:18 p.m. and later suspended them altogether due to several drone sightings." As a result, 17 flights were barred from taking off that evening, leaving almost 3,000 passengers stranded. Another 15 incoming flights were diverted to alternative airports.
An air traffic control radio outage has grounded all inbound flights to Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey. Incoming flights from across the US and Canada will be slowed down, with average delays of as long as 2.5 hours and some nearly four hours. Departing flights did not appear to be impacted. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the outage is due to an equipment issue, causing air traffic controller to lose their radio frequencies.
Oh my gosh, there's a drone! he said. No, get that drone out of here! What is going on here? That drone should not be in the way of these aircraft. Oh my gosh. Just on the other side of that building. Get that drone out of here! What are you doing? Drone Alert! During Tuesday's Airline Videos Live broadcast from San Diego International Airport, Plane Jockey Kevin spotted a drone under the approach path to SAN.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced that flights at JFK International Airport would be grounded due to a severe thunderstorm, creating widespread travel delays.
"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."