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Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.
Many flights have been delayed at the busy hub because of radar outages, shortages of air traffic controllers and construction on a runway.
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Blank radar screens. Broken air traffic equipment. Flights in an out of Newark Airport delayed or canceled. Is it safe to fly here?
There is more bad news for Newark Liberty International Airport. The FAA wants to keep reducing flights at the troubled airport for months to come.
Moving air traffic controllers means retraining them on the quirks of a new facility, and the process can take years.
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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.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy released a four-point plan to address the failing infrastructure at Newark Liberty Airport.