Ground delay at Newark airport due to 'staffing and technology issues'

Newark airport disruptions continue

A ground delay is the latest in a string of disruptions at Newark airport. FOX 5 NY's Linda Schmidt has the latest on the flight issues, as well as Transportation Sec. Duffy's press conference on the matter.

NEWARK - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has instituted a ground delay at Newark Liberty International Airport, citing "runway construction at Newark and staffing and technology issues at Philadelphia TRACON."

Ground delay

What we know:

The ground delay comes a day after a 45-minute-long ground stop at Newark airport on May 11, which had been put in place after an air traffic control equipment outage – that outage was one of three recent incidents. The other two outages occurred on April 28 and May 9.

Flight tracking website FlightAware reported at least 50 delays and 80 cancellations at the airport as of 1 p.m.

Proposed solutions

What they're saying:

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy explained at a press conference that an emergency task force will add three new telecommunication lines between Newark airport and Philadelphia TRACON. The task force will work with Verizon, as well as a contractor that works with the FAA.

Duffy announced that a software update to help prevent radar and communication outages in the future was implemented on Friday.

The Transportation Secretary will meet with every airline that does business at Newark airport this Wednesday, May 14, to discuss reducing the number of flights that come into Newark.