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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Funk

FAA extends flight limits at Newark airport into June because of controller shortage and tech issues

Newark Airport Flight Delays - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The flight restrictions that have been in place at New Jersey's largest airport ever since air traffic controllers first lost their radar and radios briefly last month will remain in place into June, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday.

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.

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