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and U.S. officials have warned that the FAA could experience other telecommunication failures. On May 12, an air traffic control facility in Colorado experienced a communications outage for about ...

The FAA did not comment on specific safety reports ... planes flying in and out of Newark experienced yet another communications failure – this time lasting roughly two seconds.

Officials said last week the FAA could experience other telecom failures. "We could see other situations like this around the country because the system is old," Duffy said at a press conference.

the FAA implemented new delays for flights to Newark averaging 23 minutes due to short air traffic controller staffing in the facility. A 90-second loss of radar coverage and radio communications ...