Newark Airport suffers 3rd outage in 2 weeks
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Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.
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ABC7 New York on MSNEquipment issue at Newark airport causes FAA to issue brief ground stopAccording to the FAA, a telecommunications issue at the Philadelphia TRACON (terminal radar approach control) Area C facility, which guides aircraft in and out of Newark, caused the agency to issue the 45-minute ground stop.
The Federal Aviation Administration meets with major airlines Wednesday and Thursday to discuss a plan to reduce flights at Newark Liberty International Airport, as equipment outages and staffing shortages have sewn chaos at the New York metro travel hub.
Greg Raiff, founder and CEO of Elevate Aviation Group, told Fox News Digital that under-invested infrastructure and major staffing shortages are disrupting flights at EWR, and the immediate solution is to decrease the number of flights while increasing recruitment.