Another air traffic control outage at Newark Airport
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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.
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.
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United Airlines executives are trying to reassure their customers it is safe to fly at Newark Liberty International Airport, despite all the recent problems.
An out-of-state visitor with measles could have exposed others at Newark Liberty International Airport this week, the state Health Department announced Thursday. The traveler was at Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday between 12:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., according to the announcement.
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In a music video-esque segment, Scarlett Johansson is joined by the Please Don’t Destroy trio of Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, and Ben Marshall in a first-class trip to Newark’s troubled airport.
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ordered a reduction of traffic at the airport for the “next several weeks,” insisting that it’s safe to fly out of New Jersey’s busiest airport, despite it using an “old” system, which he previously described as being run on “copper wire and floppy disks.”
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.