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Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.
Moving air traffic controllers means retraining them on the quirks of a new facility, and the process can take years.
Several times over the last year, Newark controllers lost radar or radio service, leaving them unable to talk with planes they were tracking.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) briefly slowed air traffic at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday because a new telecommunications issue affected the Philadelphia facility
The Federal Aviation Administration is considering temporary flight reductions in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport, and it's launching a safety task force.
BDL received three flights following a communications blackout at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on April 28.
Operations are returning to normal after a runway equipment issues prompted ground stops at Newark Liberty and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airports Sunday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.
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An FAA statement said the agency briefly slowed air traffic to and from the airport while ensuring “redundancies were working as designed” before normal operations ... into Newark to ensure safety whenever staffing or equipment issues arise.
Three incidents at Newark have shaken the public. Meanwhile, the FAA is understaffed. Here's what the Trump administration wants to do about it.
United Airlines Holdings Inc. will cut 35 daily round trips at Newark Liberty International Airport after Federal Aviation Administration technology failures and an air traffic controller shortage snarled flights for a full week.