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Several equipment outages over the past two weeks at the Philadelphia-based air traffic control center that guides planes to and from Newark Liberty International Airport have raised concerns about how safe it is to fly at one of the nation’s busiest airports.
Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.
Newark airport's been plagued with issues that have travelers like me concerned about safety. It's not dangerous, but delays are a bigger concern.
Several times over the last year, Newark controllers lost radar or radio service, leaving them unable to talk with planes they were tracking.
Sunday's incident marks the fourth time in the past two weeks that technical problems have disrupted air traffic at Newark.
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,
Radar and telecommunications systems for Newark Airport’s air traffic controllers failed Friday morning — the second time the two critical systems went down at the same time in less than two
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy tells "CBS Mornings" it will take months to restore normal operations at Newark Liberty International Airport.
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In addition to equipment outages, the airport has been been beset by flight ... The FAA said last week that it slows the rate of arrivals into Newark to ensure safety whenever staffing or equipment issues arise. The agency also noted that frequent ...
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Software update keeps Newark airport radar online but network concerns and flight limits remain - Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a new software update prevented a third radar outage over the