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Many flights have been delayed at the busy hub because of radar outages, shortages of air traffic controllers and construction on a runway.
Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.
The FAA was set to have a “delay reduction” meeting Wednesday, seeking to cap the total number of flights at the airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration says it's taking immediate steps to alleviate the delays at Newark Liberty International Airport that began more than a week ago.
The Trump administration announced an emergency task force of executives from Verizon, L3Harris and the FAA to fix the communication issues at Newark airport.
Should Newark Airport close until air traffic control upgrades are made? Experts and officials debate safety and the economic impact.
An air traffic controller said the airport was unsafe. Days later, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy moved his wife’s flight.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a new software update prevented a third radar outage over the last two weeks at New Jersey's busy Newark airport when a telecommunications line failed again over the weekend.
The Federal Aviation Administration is working on a short-term fix to the problems at the Newark airport that includes technical repairs and cutting flights to keep traffic manageable while dealing with a shortage of controllers.