SCHUMER REVEALS: DESPITE RECENT NEAR-COLLISION ON JFK RUNWAY & OTHER NEAR MISSES, FAA HAS NOT INSTALLED RUNWAY LIGHTING SYSTEMS USED TO PREVENT CRASHES AT NY’S 3 MAJOR AIRPORTS, WHILE AGENCY HAS PUT SYSTEM IN PLACE IN OTHER CITIES; SENATOR DEMANDS FAA GET SYSTEM ON-LINE AT NY AIRPORTS IMMEDIATELY– NATION’S BUSIEST AIRSPACE (US Senate Committee on Judiciary)

(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) 01.25.15 Seven Years Ago, Congress Provided Over $36 Million in Federal Funding to Install Automatic Lighting Systems at NY Airports, Yet FAA Has Not Completed Construction -- This Past Weekend, a Caribbean Airways Plane Nearly Collided with a JetBlue Plane On a JFK Airport Runway New York's 3 Major Airports, Including JFK, Have Long Been Scheduled to Get New Runway Lighting Systems to Prevent Runway Accidents By Using Automatic Flashing Red Lights Embedded Along the Runway to Warn Pilots of Unsafe Crossing Schumer: In Light of Near-Miss at JFK's Runway This Past Weekend, FAA Must Move Full Speed Ahead on Runway Lighting Construction at NY's...