Newark Airport Hit by Another 90-Second Radar Outage

Air traffic controllers guiding planes in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport briefly lost communications and radar displays early Friday morning, the second outage in as many weeks affecting the transportation hub.

The telecommunications breakdown at a Federal Aviation Administration facility in Philadelphia occurred at approximately 3:55 a.m. local time and lasted about 90 seconds, the FAA said in a statement. Controllers at the facility also lost radar and radio on April 28, leaving them unable to see or communicate with crews flying through some of the most congested airspace in the US.