Newark Liberty International Airport, FAA
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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 Trump administration announced an emergency task force of executives from Verizon, L3Harris and the FAA to fix the communication issues at Newark airport.
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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.
At times Monday evening, as few as three air traffic controllers per hour were lined up to monitor via radar the planes flying into and out of the airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy detailed his plan to update Newark Liberty International Airport‘s infrastructure to address recent outages, blaming the Biden administration for the current problems.