Radar issue causes ground stop at Newark Liberty Airport, FAA says

Published: Sep 02, 2024 Duration: 00:02:09 Category: News & Politics

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SAFE. STAY WITH US ON CBSNEWYORK.COM. >>> AND MORE BREAKING NEWS TO GET TO FOR TRAVEL PASSENGERS. PLANES WERE GROUNDED AND FLIGHTS DELAYED. VIDEO WILL SHOW A LONG LINE OF JETS WAITING TO TAKE OFF. JENNA DEANGELIS JOINS US LIVE WITH THE LATEST. >> Reporter: IT IS SLOWING FLIGHTS INTO THE AIRPORT HERE BECAUSE OF THE RADAR ISSUE. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BOARD BEHIND ME, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DELAYS. WITHIN THE HOUR, CHOPPER 2 WOULD CAPTURE PLANES WAITING TO TAKE OFF. COUNTING ABOUT 30 PLANES. AND EARLIER THEY WERE SHOWING THE GROUND STOP OF DEPARTURES. THERE ARE FLIGHT DISRUPTIONS WITH A DELAY AND THAT SOME ARRIVING FLIGHTS ARE DELAYED DUE TO THE EQUIPMENT OUTAGE. WE SPOKE TO THE MAN WAITING FOR HIS FAMILY TO RETURN FROM IRELAND. >> AND THEY WERE MEANT TO LAND HERE ABOUT TEN MINUTES BEFORE THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO LAND AND THEY WERE BEING REROUTED TO STEWART AIRPORT WHERE THINGS HAPPEN AND EVERYBODY RETURNING. >> Reporter: AND OF COURSE WITH THE COMBINATION OF THIS ISSUE, IF YOU DO HAVE SOMEONE HEADING HOME, JUST CHECK WITH THE STATUS OF THE FLIGHT WITH THE AIRPORT BEFORE HEADING HERE. AND JENNA DEANGELIS, CBS NEWS NEW YORK. >> WHAT EXACTLY HAS THE MOOD BEEN LIKE AT THE AIRPORT CONSIDERING ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WOULD SEEM TO HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE SUMMER WITH TRAVEL? >> Reporter: I HAVE TO SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST RESILIENT BECAUSE THEY ARE PRETTY CALM. IN THE LAST HOUR WE'VE SEEN THE VOLUME PICK UP HERE AND WE NOTICED THAT WORD DELAY WHERE WE ARE SEEING MORE OF IT. AT LEAST WHERE WE ARE STANDING HERE, SO FAR

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