New tower at Newark to expand controllers' field of vision

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New tower at Newark to expand controllers' field of vision



Midday update from the Asbury Park Press=20

NEWARK (AP) -- The third tower in Newark Liberty International Airport's
history will provide air traffic controllers a clearer view of planes
taking off and landing when the 325-foot structure opens sometime in
May.=20

Built by the Federal Aviation Administration, the $22.4 million tower
will be nation's second tallest -- 20 feet shorter than Florida's
Orlando International Airport -- and will provide controllers unobscured
views of the airport's three runways.=20


The 850-square-foot facility will also enable the airport to add at
least two controllers to a shift to divide up the crucial duties of
clearing planes for takeoff and landing and guiding planes to and from
runways.=20


Newark Liberty is one of the nation's busiest airport's, handling 120
takeoffs and landings per hour. The extra staff is expected to reduce
delays, which have been less of a problem since the 2001 terrorist
attack and diminished air travel.=20




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