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Feds: Newark Runways Are A "Danger To Public Safety"

The skies above Newark Liberty International Airport are a disaster waiting to happen, according to federal investigators who are concerned about the simultaneous use of intersecting runways. Problems arise when a plane needs to abort its landing — which occurs about once every 700 flights at Newark. Current protocol forces the diverted plane to make a sharp right turn directly across the flight path of planes taking off and landing, "allowing little margin for error," according to CNN.

Air traffic controllers say two planes were within 100 feet of colliding at JFK Airport this past weekend.

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