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An air traffic control tower at Newark Liberty International Airport, where ATC staffing shortages forced the FAA to limit flights. [Wikimedia Commons] Newark Liberty International Airport (KEWR ...

The FAA has a nationwide shortage of around 3,000 air traffic controllers, impacting airport efficiency. This understaffing exacerbates delays when issues like bad weather or technical outages occur.

The FAA has a nationwide shortage of around 3,000 air traffic controllers, impacting airport efficiency. This understaffing exacerbates delays when issues like bad weather or technical outages occur.

The FAA has a nationwide shortage of around 3,000 air traffic controllers, impacting airport efficiency. This understaffing exacerbates delays when issues like bad weather or technical outages occur.

The FAA has a nationwide shortage of around 3,000 air traffic controllers, impacting airport efficiency. This understaffing exacerbates delays when issues like bad weather or technical outages occur.

The air traffic control outages at Newark airport fueled weeks of delays. But the underlying problems reflect a safety system that is teetering on the brink of crisis.

Area C of the Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility lost radio frequencies for about two seconds at around 11:35 a.m. ET on May 19, the FAA said in a statement to USA TODAY.

FAA. The 3 FAA Failures Creating a Dangerous Mess in the Skies Outages, staffing shortages, and outdated tech are crippling air traffic control and putting the public at risk.

The FAA issued an interim order, reducing the maximum hourly flight arrival and departure rate from 28 arrivals and 28 departures per hour until construction of Runway 4-Left/22-Right is complete.

Controllers handling aircraft headed into Newark Liberty International Airport lost radio frequencies for approximately 2 seconds, said the FAA ...