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,

The regulator still uses some computer systems that rely on floppy disks and other outdated hardware, according to one air traffic control union leader.

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 ...

The award-winning new Terminal A may be the pride of Newark Liberty International Airport. But behind the scenes, the technology that’s keeping the planes in the sky is frighteningly out of date. Some of it relies on floppy discs and used parts sourced from eBay, federal officials said this week.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.