Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey experienced another air traffic equipment outage on May 11, causing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue a temporary ground stop for all flights bound for the airport.
The ground stop halted flights from taking off if their destination was Newark, and it lasted roughly 45 minutes, according to FAA air traffic advisories.
While specific details of the outage were not described in the advisories, the FAA confirmed the incident to The Epoch Times.
“There was a telecommunications issue at Philadelphia TRACON Area C, which guides aircraft in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport airspace,” an FAA spokesperson wrote in a statement. “The FAA briefly slowed aircraft in and out of the airport while we ensured redundancies were working as designed. Operations have returned to normal.”...
