Domino-effect of issues snarl air traffic at Newark Airport again
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[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '3.919', 'text': 'We begin with more trouble at Newark'}, {'start': '1.839', 'end': '6.720', 'text': 'airport. A domino effect of issues'}, {'start': '3.919', 'end': '9.599', 'text': 'snarling air traffic at one point for up'}, {'start': '6.720', 'end': '11.679', 'text': 'to 4 hours and it is not likely to get'}, {'start': '9.599', 'end': '13.280', 'text': 'better before the busy summer travel'}, {'start': '11.679', 'end': '15.920', 'text': 'season. Eyewitness News reporter Josh'}, {'start': '13.280', 'end': '18.160', 'text': 'Adiger live in Newark with what went so'}, {'start': '15.920', 'end': '20.560', 'text': 'wrong. Josh?'}, {'start': '18.160', 'end': '22.960', 'text': "Yeah, Mike. It's actually gotten worse,"}, {'start': '20.560', 'end': '25.600', 'text': 'not better. 11:00 right now. The FAA'}, {'start': '22.960', 'end': '28.880', 'text': 'website is reporting average inbound'}, {'start': '25.600', 'end': '31.760', 'text': 'delays here to Newark airport of 4 hours'}, {'start': '28.880', 'end': '33.680', 'text': 'and 59 minutes. All of this because of a'}, {'start': '31.760', 'end': '36.480', 'text': 'cascade of problems that really seems to'}, {'start': '33.680', 'end': '36.480', 'text': 'have no end in'}, {'start': '36.920', 'end': '41.120', 'text': 'sight. They were landing planes as fast'}, {'start': '39.360', 'end': '43.600', 'text': 'as they could tonight at Newark Airport'}, {'start': '41.120', 'end': '45.600', 'text': 'as air traffic control and the airlines'}, {'start': '43.600', 'end': '47.440', 'text': 'struggled to dig out from a mountain of'}, {'start': '45.600', 'end': '50.320', 'text': 'delays that have piled up over the last'}, {'start': '47.440', 'end': '52.480', 'text': 'few days. A week with clear skies and'}, {'start': '50.320', 'end': '54.640', 'text': 'dwindling patience. a scale of one to'}, {'start': '52.480', 'end': '56.960', 'text': '10, how frustrated?'}, {'start': '54.640', 'end': '59.680', 'text': "Oh, probably like a 12. Natalie's flight"}, {'start': '56.960', 'end': '61.680', 'text': 'from LA finally arrived here 5 hours'}, {'start': '59.680', 'end': '63.760', 'text': "late tonight and she wasn't even really"}, {'start': '61.680', 'end': '67.360', 'text': 'clear why. My flight was scheduled for'}, {'start': '63.760', 'end': '70.240', 'text': '7. I woke up at 5:30 to get there. We'}, {'start': '67.360', 'end': '71.439', 'text': 'boarded the plane. We were like, it felt'}, {'start': '70.240', 'end': '73.840', 'text': 'like we were going to take off and then'}, {'start': '71.439', 'end': '76.159', 'text': 'they were like, "Okay, we\'re uh leaving'}, {'start': '73.840', 'end': '78.240', 'text': 'at 12." Fact is, there are many reasons'}, {'start': '76.159', 'end': '80.159', 'text': 'why Newark Airport has been an abject'}, {'start': '78.240', 'end': '82.240', 'text': 'mess this week. From an air traffic'}, {'start': '80.159', 'end': '84.880', 'text': 'control outage Tuesday and another one'}, {'start': '82.240', 'end': '87.280', 'text': 'early today to short staffed controllers'}, {'start': '84.880', 'end': '89.840', 'text': 'to runway construction that has at times'}, {'start': '87.280', 'end': '91.920', 'text': 'had this massive airport down to just'}, {'start': '89.840', 'end': '95.040', 'text': "one runway. You're starting to see"}, {'start': '91.920', 'end': '97.280', 'text': 'cracks in the system. Um and you can see'}, {'start': '95.040', 'end': '100.159', 'text': "them in different locations. And it's"}, {'start': '97.280', 'end': '102.640', 'text': 'our job, all of us working together to'}, {'start': '100.159', 'end': '104.000', 'text': "not wait until there's a disaster. So"}, {'start': '102.640', 'end': '106.079', 'text': 'happens today the transportation'}, {'start': '104.000', 'end': '108.159', 'text': 'secretary was talking about widening the'}, {'start': '106.079', 'end': '110.320', 'text': 'training pipeline for new air traffic'}, {'start': '108.159', 'end': '112.799', 'text': 'controllers. Chronically understaffed'}, {'start': '110.320', 'end': '114.640', 'text': 'high stress positions especially hard to'}, {'start': '112.799', 'end': '116.000', 'text': 'fill in the New York area which boasts'}, {'start': '114.640', 'end': '118.560', 'text': "some of the world's most crowded"}, {'start': '116.000', 'end': '120.079', 'text': 'airspace. The FAA is also trying to'}, {'start': '118.560', 'end': '121.840', 'text': 'troubleshoot the systems that have'}, {'start': '120.079', 'end': '124.159', 'text': 'failed here with the summer travel'}, {'start': '121.840', 'end': '125.360', 'text': 'season just weeks away. We have a team'}, {'start': '124.159', 'end': '127.439', 'text': "up there right now. They're doing an"}, {'start': '125.360', 'end': '130.720', 'text': 'ongoing investigation in terms of the'}, {'start': '127.439', 'end': '133.120', 'text': 'technology, the interruption itself. But'}, {'start': '130.720', 'end': '134.640', 'text': 'again, at the end of the day, we need to'}, {'start': '133.120', 'end': '136.640', 'text': 'make sure the controllers have the'}, {'start': '134.640', 'end': '139.120', 'text': "proper equipment and that they're"}, {'start': '136.640', 'end': '140.640', 'text': 'obviously prop appropriately staffed. I'}, {'start': '139.120', 'end': '143.760', 'text': "fly all the time. I don't remember"}, {'start': '140.640', 'end': '146.400', 'text': 'things being this bad.'}, {'start': '143.760', 'end': '148.160', 'text': "Yeah, it is. It's pretty bad. United, by"}, {'start': '146.400', 'end': '150.440', 'text': 'the way, which has a massive hub here at'}, {'start': '148.160', 'end': '152.720', 'text': 'Newark Airport, is consequently'}, {'start': '150.440', 'end': '154.480', 'text': 'disproportionately impacted by all of'}, {'start': '152.720', 'end': '156.000', 'text': 'these problems when compared to other'}, {'start': '154.480', 'end': '158.720', 'text': 'airlines. The airline released a'}, {'start': '156.000', 'end': '161.280', 'text': "statement today blaming FAA's technology"}, {'start': '158.720', 'end': '163.040', 'text': 'and staffing for all of its problems. Uh'}, {'start': '161.280', 'end': '164.959', 'text': 'it has continued to offer a travel'}, {'start': '163.040', 'end': '167.040', 'text': 'waiver if people want to change their'}, {'start': '164.959', 'end': '169.519', 'text': "plans or push them back, but it's not"}, {'start': '167.040', 'end': '172.080', 'text': 'really clear how much longer this will'}, {'start': '169.519', 'end': '174.720', 'text': "last. The FAA's outlook for tomorrow"}, {'start': '172.080', 'end': '176.080', 'text': 'already predicting delays tomorrow.'}, {'start': '174.720', 'end': '180.000', 'text': "We're live at Newark Airport. Josh"}, {'start': '176.080', 'end': '180.000', 'text': 'Hininger, Channel 7 Eyewitness News.'}]