Telecom issue halted arriving flights at Newark airport, FAA says


FILE PHOTO: A person walks in Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 9, 2025. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo

(Reuters) -A telecom frequency outage prompted the Federal Aviation Administration Thursday to halt arriving flights at Newark Liberty International Airport for more than an hour, the latest tech issue to snarl flights at the airport near New York City.

Flightradar24, a flight tracking site, said flights to Newark -- the United Airlines hub -- are currently halted and flights already in the air to Newark are holding but departures appear unaffected.

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