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1hon MSN
The Federal Aviation Administration is working on a short-term fix to the problems at the Newark airport that includes technical repairs and cutting flights to keep traffic manageable while dealing with a shortage of controllers. Officials are meeting with all the airlines that fly out of Newark starting Wednesday to discuss the plan.
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.
A brief radar outage occurred at Newark Liberty International Airport early Friday morning, lasting approximately 90 seconds. This incident follows similar outages in April and November, raising concerns about the reliability of air traffic control systems ...
The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks.
Travelers flying through Newark are experiencing turbulence before they even make it into the air — but some airlines are offering concessions.
2don MSN
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy plans to reduce the number of flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport for the "next several weeks."
The move is in response to equipment failures and staff shortages that caused hourslong flight delays in recent weeks.
Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.