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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.
Moving air traffic controllers means retraining them on the quirks of a new facility, and the process can take years.
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.
Air Traffic Organization deputy COO Franklin McIntosh revealed in an exchange with Klobuchar that the agency is only on track to hire 2,000 air traffic controllers by the end of this year —
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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.
The Federal Aviation Administration is considering temporary flight reductions in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport, and it's launching a safety task force.