Some travelers have begun to rethink their willingness to travel by plane following a spate of airline mishaps in recent years.

Those concerns may grow after an air traffic controller admitted that fear of being in a crash keeps her from flying out of the airport where she works. 

Planes were unmonitored for 90 seconds

According to the Daily Mail, that confession was made this week by an individual who is employed by the Newark Liberty International Airport.

The 39-year-old woman spoke on the condition of anonymity to The Times, and she recalled being the only person on duty during a blackout earlier this month which left aircraft unmonitored for 90 seconds.

"Just before 4am on May 9, I was sitting at my desk at air traffic control for Newark, the only operator on deck. It was my last late shift of the week, and I felt tired, but tried to remain alert," she recalled.

"Then the unthinkable happened. Suddenly, all my frequencies cut out. Then my radar scope went dark and I could no longer see the dozens of planes that had dotted my screen seconds earlier," the woman continued.

The air traffic controller explained that she "had no way of tracking where any of the four aircraft I had been speaking to were and I had no means to reach them."

Air traffic controller: "Only a matter of time before we have a fatal crash"

The event was not a one-off, as the woman estimated that there have been at least a dozen less severe technical malfunctions over the past 10 months.

"Do I think it’s safe to fly from or to the airport? Let me put it like this: I deliberately avoid my own airport when booking flights, even if the alternatives are more expensive and less convenient," she remarked.

"If Newark’s air traffic control problems don’t get fixed, I believe it’s only a matter of time before we have a fatal crash between two planes," the woman predicted.

What's more, she argued that technical problems have been compounded by last summer's decision to move Newark's air traffic controllers from Long Island to Philadelphia.

Woman says airport is dangerously understaffed

"The relocation, designed to ease congestion along the northeast corridor, has jeopardized our ability to direct planes at America’s second busiest airport, which handles more than 1,000 flights a day, including a dozen from the UK," she stated.

Some air traffic controllers refused to move, leading to a reduced staff that the woman claims is unable to handle their workload.

"This makes it nearly impossible to reliably communicate with pilots, who will interrupt one another’s transmissions as they fly in from higher altitudes, where they’ll be speaking to other air traffic controls, and radio me for guidance," she added.