A 90-second failure of Newark Airport’s air-traffic safety systems, which blacked out communication to planes carrying thousands of passengers, has exposed a new level of crisis in air travel.

Kate Kelly, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains what the problems at one of the country’s biggest airports tell us about air-travel safety in the United States.

Guest: Kate Kelly, an investigative reporter for The New York Times based in Washington, D.C.

Background reading: 

• How lost radar and silent radios upended Newark air travel.

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