The Biden administration is to blame for the ongoing air traffic control failures at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport, and throughout the system, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday.
“I think it is clear that the blame belongs with the last administration,” he said in a press conference at the DOT headquarters. “Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden did nothing to fix the system that they knew was broken.”
Chris Meagher, a Buttigieg adviser, said Duffy “needs to spend more time doing what the American people are paying him to do — fix problems — and less time blaming others.”
Duffy’s comments come after over two weeks of ground delays and system outages at Newark Airport, where airlines have canceled and delayed flights.

拜登政府应对新泽西州纽瓦克自由国际机场以及整个系统的持续空中交通管制故障负责,美国交通部长Sean Duffy 周一表示。
他在交通部总部的新闻发布会上说:“我认为,责任显然在上一届政府。”他补充道:“皮特·布蒂吉格和乔·拜登没有采取任何措施来修复他们知道已经出问题的系统。”
布蒂吉格的顾问Chris Meagher表示,达菲“应该花更多时间做美国人民支付他薪水的工作——解决问题,而不是把责任推给别人。”
Duffy的评论是在纽瓦克机场经历了超过两周的地面延误和系统故障之后提出的,期间航空公司取消和延误了航班。