US EditionFAA issues Newark airport ground stop due to ‘equipment’ issue
The Federal Aviation Administration limited incoming flights to 28 per hour at Newark, causing average delays of over two hours during the Labor Day travel weekend.
- During the start of the Labor Day travel weekend, Newark Liberty International Airport faced flight delays on Thursday, disrupting holiday travelers and airport operations.
- FAA officials said the pause stemmed from equipment failures at the Philadelphia air traffic control center, where controllers lost radio frequencies, prompting flight reductions into Newark and Teterboro.
- FAA bulletins and air traffic recordings show the ground stop lasted about an hour and controllers lost radio frequencies, causing arrivals delays averaging more than two hours.
- The FAA reduced Newark Liberty International Airport's arrival rate to 28 flights per hour until at least Friday, advising travelers to check flight status as some planes diverted to regional airports.
- Controllers and industry sources have long flagged equipment problems, prompting FAA flight reductions at Newark earlier this year.
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FAA issues Newark airport ground stop due to ‘equipment’ issue
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a ground stop Thursday at Newark Liberty International Airport citing air traffic controller communication issues and technology outages — two concerns that have become a prevalent hiccup at the New Jersey airport. Incoming flights were halted until 12:30 p.m. EDT while departures continued, according to New York City’s ABC…
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Airport controllers sling swear words at 'shoddy radios' causing ground stops
Air traffic controllers unleashed swear words over "shoddy radios" at Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday morning, facing multiple ground stops.After an initial ground stop, just a few hours after flights began departing a second ground delay was issued, prompting an average delay of 2 ...
·United States
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