Air traffic control screens go dark at Newark's airport in exclusive CBS News video

Air traffic control screens go dark at Newark's airport in exclusive CBS News video

CBS News obtained exclusive video from inside the control center at Newark’s airport during last week’s outage. Kris Van Cleave reports on what went wrong.

Truth Analysis

Factual Accuracy
4/5
Bias Level
3/5
Analysis Summary:

The article appears mostly accurate, focusing on the outage at Newark's airport. The claim of "exclusive video" is supported. There's a slight bias towards highlighting the negative impact of the outage, but it's within reasonable journalistic bounds.

Detailed Analysis:
  • Claim:** Air traffic control screens went dark at Newark's airport.
    • Verification Source #2: Supports this claim, mentioning radar screens briefly going dark at Newark Liberty International Airport.
    • Verification Source #3: Supports this claim, mentioning radar screens guiding planes into Newark Airport went dark.
    • Verification Source #5: Supports this claim, stating controllers' screens froze or went dark.
  • Claim:** CBS News obtained exclusive video from inside the control center.
    • Verification Source #1: Supports this claim, stating "CBS News has exclusively obtained video".
  • Claim:** The outage occurred last week.
  • This claim is difficult to verify precisely without a specific date in the article. However, given the context of the other sources, it seems plausible.
  • Claim:** Kris Van Cleave reports on what went wrong.
    • Verification Source #1: Mentions cbseveningnews, suggesting Kris Van Cleave is involved in the reporting.
    • Verification Source #3: Shows Kris Van Cleave as a CBS News correspondent, supporting his involvement.
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
  • Verification Source #1: "CBS News has exclusively obtained video of one of the Philadelphia air traffic control system outages that caused…" This supports the "exclusive video" claim. It also mentions Philadelphia, which is not the focus of this article, but it does not contradict the Newark claim.
  • Verification Source #2: "The Federal Aviation Administration says radar screens briefly went dark again at Newark Liberty International Airport." This directly supports the core claim of the article.
  • Verification Source #3: "For the second time in two weeks, radar screens guiding planes into Newark Airport went dark without warning…" This provides further detail and context to the event.
  • Verification Source #5: "For up to 90 seconds, air traffic controllers lost the ability to see or hear pla…" This gives a specific timeframe for the outage.
  • Verification Source #4: Mentions delays at Newark Airport but is dated May 7, 2025, which seems to be a typo, making it difficult to use for verification of the specific event.