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A staffing shortage, runway construction and deferred maintenance to crucial air traffic technology have made Newark Airport a national laughingstock.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Former Blackhawk helicopter pilot and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science
considering excessive flight delays and cancellations for travelers going in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport over the past week. Newark has experienced disruptions since April 28, when air traffic controllers at Philadelphia's TRACON ...
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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.
Sunday's incident marks the fourth time in the past two weeks that technical problems have disrupted air traffic at Newark.
A portion of the Denver air route traffic control center experienced a 90-second loss of communications late Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.
Recent communications issues at the FAA facility handling flights in and out of Newark airport were not new, officials say. Outages happened at least three times last year. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has more.