Major delays at Newark Airport

Published: Sep 02, 2024 Duration: 00:01:49 Category: News & Politics

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WHAT THEY CALL A FREE PALESTINE. WELL, TURNING NOW TO NEWS YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ON LABOR DAY, MASSIVE DELAYS AT NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. >> SUCH A HEADACHE. THE FAA SAYS AN EQUIPMENT OUTAGE IS TO BLAME. FOX 40 GERALDINO IS AT NEWARK TALKING TO FED UP TRAVELERS. >> THEY DID CANCEL THE FLIGHT. >> WHAT? SO AT THIS POINT, WE STILL NEED TO KEEP EVERYBODY ON THE AIRCRAFT. >> PEOPLE ON PLANES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HEADING TO NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GOT SOME VARIATION OF THE SAME MESSAGE LABOR DAY. >> THEY SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM AT NEWARK AIRPORT, TO WHICH WE DEBOARDED THE PLANE, AND THEY TOLD US TO WAIT A HALF AN HOUR. >> CARRIE GEFFNER AND HER HUSBAND MICHAEL CALLED THEIR DAUGHTER, WHO IS A FOX FIVE WEB PRODUCER, TELLING HER THEY WERE STRANDED IN MAINE AFTER A LONG WAIT. >> WE WERE ON A 4:00 FLIGHT, THEY FINALLY CANCELED IT AT 730. >> SKY FOX VIDEO SHOWS PLANS LINED UP READY TO GO, BUT STANDING STILL. ACCORDING TO FLIGHTAWARE, HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS COMING IN TO OR LEAVING NEWARK WERE DELAYED. THE FAA IS BLAMING THE NEWARK SECTOR RADAR, SAYING ISSUES WITH THE SYSTEM CAUSED GATE HOLES AND TAXI DELAYS OF ROUGHLY TWO HOURS. SHAMIKA BROMWELL AND HER DAUGHTER WERE ON ONE OF THOSE PLANES. >> I CHECKED IN LIKE EARLY, LIKE I CHECKED, I ALWAYS CHECK IN LIKE 24 HOURS. SO I WAS SO SURPRISED THAT WE WERE DELAYED. IT WAS SHOCKING. >> RADAR HELPS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ENSURE PLANES KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER DURING LANDING AND TAKEOFF. THE AIRPORT IMPLEMENTED A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH ESSENTIALLY MEANS THEY'RE SPACING OUT FLIGHT LANDINGS IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH REDUCED CAPACITY THAT WAS CAUSED BY THESE EQUIPMENT OUTAGES. SHAMIKA SAYS SHE'S NOT LETTING THESE RADAR ISSUES CAST A SHADOW ON WHAT'S BEEN A GREAT VACATION FOR HER FAMILY. DO YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME? >> I ALWAYS WE ALWAYS GO TO JAMAICA. WE ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD

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