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Sean Duffy: “Outages in Newark, they probably should have hardened those…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Sean Duffy and FAA Deputy Administrator Discuss Newark Airport Upgrades and Air Traffic Control Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 18:34

But this was, this, this should not be a surprise to anybody from the last administration. Watchdog groups have even told them multiple times, you have a real issue with your air traffic control system. Fix it. Outages in Newark, they probably should have hardened those lines, laid fiber before they moved the Newark airspace to Philly. Those things weren't done. But that's looking back, we're looking forward and talking about what's necessary to fix it. (18:34–18:44)

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Asserts that lines should have been hardened and fiber laid before moving Newark airspace to Philly.

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