FAA cuts 25% of flights at Newark airport
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After multiple air traffic control outages, the number of flights coming in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport will be reduced by about 25 percent. A new FAA order will limit the airport to 28 arrivals and 28 departures per hour for now.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Monday yet another system outage occurred at the facility handling flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport. The agency said the Philadelphia control tower handling the air traffic lost radio frequencies for about two seconds at around 11:35 a.m.
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The interim rule will cap the number of arrivals and departures at Newark Liberty International Airport at 28 apiece per hour. That’s in line with the limits imposed after about half a dozen controllers went on a 45-day trauma leave following the first outage on April 28.