Newark Airport suffers 3rd outage in 2 weeks
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Another air traffic control equipment outage caused the FAA to implement a ground stop for Newark Liberty International Airport bound flights Sunday morning.
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ABC7 New York on MSNEquipment issue at Newark airport causes FAA to issue brief ground stopAccording to the FAA, a telecommunications issue at the Philadelphia TRACON (terminal radar approach control) Area C facility, which guides aircraft in and out of Newark, caused the agency to issue the 45-minute ground stop.
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