On Sunday, the transportation secretary went on NBC News’s Meet the Press and insisted Newark was safe.
“I fly out of Newark all the time, my family flies out of Newark.”.
Hours later, speaking to the conservative radio host David Webb on SiriusXM, he said: “My wife was flying out of Newark tomorrow, I switched her flight to LaGuardia”.
A spokesperson for the US Department of Transportation said that the flight was changed for scheduling purposes not for safety reasons.
They added: “It’s safe to fly out of Newark.
Newark Liberty is one of the biggest airports in the New York area and the 12th busiest in the US.
For several months the airport has been troubled by technical glitches, combined with a shortage of air traffic controllers and runway construction. »