A Newark air traffic controller on moment systems went dark
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ABC7 New York on MSNTravel through Newark and other local airports down as Memorial Day weekend getaway startsTSA officials are expecting 18 million passengers to fly through the nation's airports this Memorial Day Weekend.But the FAA is starting to cut back on flight operations at Newark Liberty International Airport,
Travel woes at Newark Airport continued Monday after a weekend featuring another radar outage, a ground stop and dozens of flight cancellations and delays. The FAA announced Newark was operating on a ground delay program,
Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.
FAA extends flight limits at Newark airport into June because of controller shortage and tech issues
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that the flight restrictions that have been in place at New Jersey’s largest airport will remain in place into mid-June
The Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons this month, and it faced another alarming incident on Monday.
A meeting to discuss reducing the number of flights at Newark Liberty International Airport resumed Friday in the wake of critical air traffic control problems around the metro New York hub and other US airports.
Newsday spoke to experts who said that the direct cause of Newark’s blackout was unique, but the region's other airports like Long Island MacArthur, LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy face some of the same underlying issues — like dated equipment and a long-term shortage of air traffic controllers.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy admitted he changed his wife’s flight from Newark to LaGuardia just hours after claiming the troubled New Jersey airport was safe for the public.