Andrew Tangel

So the controller's telling the pilots where to point the nose and how to get safely on the ground. He's got what they call targets on the screen, when all of a sudden... Black.

So the controller's telling the pilots where to point the nose and how to get safely on the ground. He's got what they call targets on the screen, when all of a sudden... Black.

He goes to the backup. It's also black. Wow. For a controller, it's like having a bag over your head when you're going down the highway.

He goes to the backup. It's also black. Wow. For a controller, it's like having a bag over your head when you're going down the highway.

He goes to the backup. It's also black. Wow. For a controller, it's like having a bag over your head when you're going down the highway.

Yeah, in the end, the radar came back, the planes landed safely, but this is a heart-stopping moment.

Yeah, in the end, the radar came back, the planes landed safely, but this is a heart-stopping moment.

Yeah, in the end, the radar came back, the planes landed safely, but this is a heart-stopping moment.

a contractor essentially pulled the wrong circuit and cut off the feed that was coming from Long Island.

a contractor essentially pulled the wrong circuit and cut off the feed that was coming from Long Island.

a contractor essentially pulled the wrong circuit and cut off the feed that was coming from Long Island.

The controller's radios failed. They couldn't communicate easily with other facilities. Yeah, we have no answer on approach, so I don't know. One FedEx plane coming in for a landing at Newark missed its final approach because the controllers couldn't talk to them and flew potentially into oncoming traffic departing from LaGuardia.

The controller's radios failed. They couldn't communicate easily with other facilities. Yeah, we have no answer on approach, so I don't know. One FedEx plane coming in for a landing at Newark missed its final approach because the controllers couldn't talk to them and flew potentially into oncoming traffic departing from LaGuardia.

The controller's radios failed. They couldn't communicate easily with other facilities. Yeah, we have no answer on approach, so I don't know. One FedEx plane coming in for a landing at Newark missed its final approach because the controllers couldn't talk to them and flew potentially into oncoming traffic departing from LaGuardia.

Now, the FAA has been dealing with this since then, but you can see how that episode could be really scary for controllers.

Now, the FAA has been dealing with this since then, but you can see how that episode could be really scary for controllers.

Now, the FAA has been dealing with this since then, but you can see how that episode could be really scary for controllers.

One controller told me when they were on Long Island, we used to get our ass kicked once a week. Now we get our ass kicked every day.

One controller told me when they were on Long Island, we used to get our ass kicked once a week. Now we get our ass kicked every day.

One controller told me when they were on Long Island, we used to get our ass kicked once a week. Now we get our ass kicked every day.