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Sean Duffy blames Biden for Newark airport crisis
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Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.
Airline executives, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and officials from the FAA are meeting Wednesday to discuss how to address issues facing New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport.
Moving air traffic controllers means retraining them on the quirks of a new facility, and the process can take years.
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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?
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The recent chronic delays and cancellations at New Jersey’s largest airport have highlighted the shortage of air traffic controllers and the aging equipment they use, which President Trump's administration wants to replace.
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Democratic candidates for New Jersey governor sparred on the issues at a debate Monday night. In a debate hosted by NJ PBS and WNYC, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Jersey City Steve Fulop, Rep. Josh Gottheimer,
The shortage on Monday forced the F.A.A. to delay flights to the busy airport for up to nearly seven hours, the latest problem to plague the airport.
Travel woes at Newark Airport continued Monday after a weekend featuring another radar outage, a ground stop and dozens of flight cancellations and delays. The FAA announced Newark was operating on a ground delay program,