Why US passengers suffer thousands of delays and cancellations | DW News

Ana Maria Rus

The Newark Liberty International airport has seen three major air traffic control outages in just over two weeks, with radar and communications systems failing on April 28, May 9, and again this past Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration, the FAA says backup systems worked in the most recent incident, but safety concerns are mounting. Newark now leads the nation in flight delays and cancellations - nationwide those run in the thousands. FAA officials and airlines met again Thursday to