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Sean Duffy: “The equipment that we use, much of it, we can't buy parts…”

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

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Meet the Press Interview with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Newark Airport Safety Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 04:52

And you talked about the fact that this might not be confined to Newark. Are there other airports, parts that you are concerned about? Right now, I'm, I'm controlled, but I'm concerned about the whole airspace. Right. The equipment that we use, much of it, we can't buy parts for new. We have to go on eBay and buy parts. If one part goes down, you're dealing with really old equipment. We're dealing with copper wires, not fiber, not high speed fiber. And so this is, this is concerning. (04:52–04:59)

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Asserts that parts for air traffic control equipment are so outdated they must be sourced from eBay.

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