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The recent chronic delays and cancellations at New Jersey’s largest airport have highlighted the shortage of air traffic controllers and the aging equipment they use, which President Donald Trump's administration wants to replace.
The Trump administration announced an emergency task force of executives from Verizon, L3Harris and the FAA to fix the communication issues at Newark airport.
Sunday's incident marks the fourth time in the past two weeks that technical problems have disrupted air traffic at Newark.
Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.
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.