Blank radar screens. Broken air traffic equipment. Flights in an out of Newark Airport delayed or canceled. Is it safe to fly here?

Another equipment outage has triggered a 45-minute ground stop for Newark Liberty International Airport-bound flights, marking the third major failure in two weeks. The latest glitch on Sunday morning follows a 90-second radar and radio blackout Friday and a meltdown on April 28 that forced five controllers to take trauma leave and led to more than 1,

More than 450 flights were delayed Monday causing chaos at Newark and Atlanta international airports following the weekend’s ground stop order over air traffic control failures. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a warning that a second ground stop order was possible given the situation at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International — the busiest airport in the US — which has seen more than 370 delays as of Monday afternoon,

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has taken aggressive steps to resolve the nation’s air traffic controller shortage, but outdated equipment has compounded problems with ensuring air

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he has a plan to upgrade old air traffic control tech but warned more flight disruptions could come first.

Sunday's incident marks the fourth time in the past two weeks that technical problems have disrupted air traffic at Newark.

On Sunday, Sen. Charles Schumer, a Democrat who represents New York, issued a statement demanding U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy prioritize Newark in the federal government’s new plan to overhaul and modernize the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Control system.

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.

Another air traffic control outage hit Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday, May 11, as federal authorities announced plans to reduce the number of flights into the troubled travel hub.“There was a telecommunications issue at

Air traffic controllers tasked with guiding planes in and out of the New Jersey airport late last month lost the ability to see and talk to planes for about 90 seconds. Disruptions lasted for days and topped 1,000 delays after several air traffic controllers took trauma leave because of the stress of the incident, the FAA said.

WASHINGTON — Air traffic controllers are facing about 1,000 equipment failures per week — and ... of the ancient systems, a former FAA official and several airline industry insiders tell ...