Disaster narrowly avoided at airport as air traffic control goes dark

Radar screens at 's Newark Liberty International Airport went dark early Friday morning during a close call that narrowly avoided becoming the nation's latest .

The momentary power took place at 3:55am ET, when air traffic was luckily very light.

It's the in two weeks at Newark. Another power outage struck the airport's air traffic control tower on April 28, sending computer screens dark for 60 to 90 seconds.

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