Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (OIG) is kicking off an audit surrounding the transfer of the terminal radar approach control (Tracon) responsibilities for Newark International Airport to a facility in Philadelphia.
This audit comes in the aftermath of a 90-second radar and radio contact blackout that Philadelphia controllers overseeing Newark airspace experienced on April 28 due to a burnt copper wire. That blackout was followed by another outage on May 9 due to failures of both primary and redundant communication infrastructure.
Last July, the <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2024-07-24/newark-atc-control-switch-philadelphia-tracon">FAA shifted the Newark responsibilities</a> from the New York Tracon to Philadelphia, citing concerns about chronic understaffing at the New York facility, according to the OIG, which noted that Newark is one of the busiest airports in the U.S., with 24 million passengers transiting through in 2024.
However, the OIG added: “The outages have raised questions about FAA’s management of the relocation, including impacts on system redundancy, controller staffing and training, and operational resilience.” Given those concerns, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy asked the OIG to review the decision to relocate the responsibilities.
The watchdog plans to examine the FAA’s planning and risk assessment process and operational impact on flight delays, cancellations, and safety incidents. It expects to begin the audit next month.

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