FAA announces new air traffic control system in hope of taming busy skies

The Federal Aviation Administration will embark on an ambitious three-year plan to modernize America's air traffic control systems and phase out the "outdated technologies that are unable to meet" modern demands, officials said Thursday.

The federal government has been under pressure to address mounting traveler concerns in the wake of fatal crashes, ongoing delays and an embarrassing recent revelation that the airspace controllers for Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey lost all contact with pilots last week after a failure of the copper wiring that transmits radar data from New York to Philadelphia TRACON.

President Donald Trump said he sympathizes with passengers trapped in airports because of air traffic delays.

"I'm sorry what you’re going through with the terminals, but we’re going to get them fixed up," he said in a phone call with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

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