Blake Ellis
Senior Writer, Investigations at CNN
Senior Writer, CNN Investigations. [email protected].
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1 month ago |
cnn.com | Rene Marsh |Blake Ellis |Alexandra Skores
A man stands outside Terminal C with the airport control tower in the background at Newark Liberty International Airport, on May 6 in Newark, New Jersey. Andres Kudacki/Getty Images CNN — It’s been a brutal month for Newark Liberty International Airport, as telecommunications and radar outages have plagued one of the nation’s busiest airports, triggering delays and cancellations for thousands of passengers.
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1 month ago |
cnn.com | Blake Ellis |Melanie Hicken |Casey Tolan |Audrey Ash
The New York City skyline is seen behind Newark Liberty International Airport on May 7, 2025. Seth Wenig/AP CNN — Years before recent communications blackouts led to widespread chaos at Newark Liberty International Airport, air traffic controllers and pilots around the country repeatedly reported equipment failures that left them scrambling to avoid mid-air collisions and other catastrophes.
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1 month ago |
cnn.com | Blake Ellis |Casey Tolan |Kyung Lah
Planes are parked at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday, as flight delays and cancellations continued at the airport. Andres Kudacki/Getty Images CNN — Before the FAA moved air traffic controllers who oversee the Newark Liberty International Airport airspace to a new site in Philadelphia last year, the agency’s experts concluded the odds of a dangerous communications breakdown were extremely unlikely: 1 in 11 million, according to an internal report obtained by CNN.
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1 month ago |
cnn.com | Casey Tolan |Blake Ellis |Melanie Hicken |Kyung Lah
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Jan 17, 2025 |
cnn.com | Blake Ellis |Melanie Hicken |Kyung Lah |Anna-Maja Rappard
The most recent data available from the 10 largest US cities and other comparable departments shows the Los Angeles Fire Department is less staffed than almost any other major city, leaving it struggling to meet both daily emergencies and larger disasters such as wildfires.
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