Good morning. It's Wednesday, May 7th.
I'm Shamita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.
The conclave to choose a new pope begins today.
And a mostly cordial meeting between Canada's new prime minister and President Trump.
But first, to last week's communications meltdown at Newark Airport
that put air traffic controllers completely in the dark
and set off a chain reaction that's still resulting in canceled and delayed flights.
Yesterday, audio from air traffic control was released, offering us a window into the incident.
No, you do not have a Bravo clearance.
We lost our radar and it's not working correctly.
Radar service terminated.
If you want a Bravo clearance, you can just call the towers when you get closer.
OK, I'll wait for that frequency from you, OK?
OK, no, just walk me as far, look up the tower frequencies.
We don't have a radar, so I don't know where you are.
We called up Andrew Tangle, who covers aviation safety and regulation for The Wall Street Journal,
to tell us what was happening there.
They lost their radios and their radars for about 90 seconds,