Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on his arrest at ICE facility
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Newark, air traffic control
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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.
Mayor Ras Baraka, who faces trespassing charges, was again denied entry to Delaney Hall by armed ICE officers.
Airlines will meet with the Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday to address weeks of delays at Newark Liberty International Airport following air traffic control staffing and equipment issues.
A failed backup telecommunications line led to a 90-second radar and radio outage last month that left air traffic controllers unable to see jetliners heading into Newark airport.After the primary connection that carries radar data into the Philadelphia facility where controllers guide planes into the busy hub failed,
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Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.
The Biden administration is to blame for the ongoing air traffic control failures at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport, and throughout the system, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday.