A single burnt wire caused horrifying 90-second Newark airport air traffic control outage

A fried piece of copper wire sparked a 90-second radar and communications blackout for air traffic controllers overseeing Newark Liberty International Airport last week, a source familiar with the incident told The Post — resulting in a snarl of delays and cancelations with no end in sight. After the April 28 failure — which left Federal Aviation Administration workers with no eyes or ears — many controllers at the Philadelphia-based center took trauma leave, according to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association union. United Airlines previously said 20% of FAA workers “walked off the job” following the equipment malfunction —...