I dont know what I'm doing wrong

Hello all, so i have done this program to be used by the (police) to add tickets (this is not real for the police) but every time i run it it just keeps repeating the choices and i don't know whats the problem because the program is running
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//include "pch.h"
#include <iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;
//--------------------------------------------------------------
int plateNo[9999];
int ticketNo[9999];
string date[9999];
int fine[9999];
string status[9999];
int counter = 0;
//--------------------------------------------------------------
void readData()
{
	fstream tvd;
	tvd.open("trafficviolationdatabase.txt"); //to read the traffic violation database
	if (tvd)
		while (!tvd.eof())
		{
			tvd >> plateNo[counter] >> ticketNo[counter] >> date[counter] >> fine[counter] >> status[counter];
			counter++;
		}
	tvd.close();


	if (!tvd)  //to check if file opened successfully
		cout << "Can't open input file!\n";

}
//--------------------------------------------------------------
int displayMenu()
{
	cout << "1. Add new ticket\n2. Display all violation tickets\n3. Search for tickets by car plate no.\n4. Display all tickets that are not paid yet\n5. Display tickets for a specific date\n6. Exit\nChoice:\n";
	int choice;
	cin >> choice;
	return choice;
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------
void addNewTicket()
{
	ofstream output;
	output.open("trafficviolationdatabase.txt", ios::app);
	for (int i = 0; i < counter; i++)
	{
		if (output.eof())
		{
			output << plateNo[i] << ticketNo[i] << date[i] << fine[i] << status[i];
			break;
		}
	}
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------
void showAllTickets()
{
	cout << "Violation\t" << "Plate Number\t" << "Ticket Number\t" << "Date\t\t" << "Fine\t" << "Status" << endl;
	for (int i = 0; i < counter; i++)
	{
		cout << "Violation " << i+1 << ":\t" << plateNo[i] << "\t\t" << ticketNo[i] << "\t\t" << date[i] << "\t" << fine[i] << "\t" << status[i] << endl;
	}
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------
void showUnpaidTickets()
{
	int i;
	for (i = 0; i < counter; i++)
	{
		if (status[i] == "unpaid")
		{
			cout << plateNo[i] << "\t" << ticketNo[i] << "\t" << date[i] << "\t" << fine[i] << "\t" << status[i] << endl;
			break;
		}
	}
	if (i == counter)
		cout << "No unpaid tickets found.\n";
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------
void searchByPlateNo()
{
	int plateno, i;
	cout << "Enter Plate Number: \n";
	cin >> plateno;
	for (i = 0; i < counter; i++)
	{
		if (plateNo[i] == plateno)
		{
			cout << plateNo[i] << "\t" << ticketNo[i] << "\t" << date[i] << "\t" << fine[i] << "\t" << status[i] << endl;
			break;
		}
	}
	if (i == counter)
	cout << "No entry was found for this plate number.\n";

}
//--------------------------------------------------------------
void searchByDate()
{
	int i;
	string udate;
	cout << "Enter Desired Date: \n";
	cin >> udate;
	for (i = 0; i < counter; i++)
	{
		if (date[i] == udate)
		{
			cout << plateNo[i] << "\t" << ticketNo[i] << "\t" << date[i] << "\t" << fine[i] << "\t" << status[i] << endl;
			break;
		}
	}
	if (i == counter)
		cout << "No entry was found for this date.\n";
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------
int main()
{
	readData();

	int selection = displayMenu();
	while (selection != 6)
	{
		switch(selection)
		{
		case 1: addNewTicket();
		break;


		case 2: showAllTickets();
		break;


		case 3: searchByPlateNo();
		break;

		case 4: showUnpaidTickets();
		break;


		case 5: searchByDate();
		break;


		}
	selection = displayMenu();
	}



	return 0;
	system("pause");
}
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Please edit your post to include [code][/code] tags around the code (use the <> format icon).
like this?
addNewTicket() doesn't actually add any new tickets. It just writes the current tickets to file.
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