Major delays continue at Newark Liberty Airport following radar issue

Published: Sep 02, 2024 Duration: 00:01:50 Category: News & Politics

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PARADE SHOOTING. FOR ONGOING UPDATE, HEAD TO CBSNEWYORK.COM. >>> IT'S NO WAY TO END A HOLIDAY WEEKEND. TONIGHT, THERE ARE STILL MAJOR DELAYS AT NEWARK AIRPORT AFTER EQUIPMENT OUTAGES. FOR HOUR, PASSENGERS SOUGHT FLIGHT DELAYS POSTED ON THE BOARDS WHILE PLANES SAT IDLE ON THE RUNWAY. JENNA DeANGELIS SPOKE TO PASSENGERS WHO WERE CAUGHT IN THE TRAVEL MESS. >> THIS IS THE LAST THING WE WANTED TO END OUR TRIP WITH. >> Reporter: AFTER CELEBRATING A BACHELORETTE PARTY, IT WASN'T THE SMOOTH RETURN HOME THIS CREW HOPED FOR. >> THEY TOLD US AN HOUR BEFORE LANDING WE WERE GOING TO LAND AT JFK. JUST THE FACT THAT YOU CAN CHANGE MID-FLIGHT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO LAND AND CAUSE COMPLETE CHAOS ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS JUST SO UNACCEPTABLE. >> Reporter: THE GROUP MADE IT TO NEWARK PAIR PORT WHERE MANY OTHER TRAVELERS WERE EXPERIENCING DELAYS. >> ABOUT A THREE-HOUR DELAY. >> Reporter: FOR KEVIN KENDRICK. >> IT WAS A BIG CONCERN. >> Reporter: THE FAA SAYS IT BRIEFLY SLOWED FLIGHTS INTO THE AIRPORT DUE TO A RADAR ISSUE. FAA EQUIPMENT OUTAGES CAUSED THE FLIGHT DISRUPTIONS. AT ONE POINT, A GROUND STOP. WE MET JAMES HIGGINS WHILE WAITING FOR HIS FAMILY TO RETURN FROM IRELAND. >> ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO LAND, I GOT A TEXT THEY WERE BEING REROUTED TO STEWART AIRPORT. >> Reporter: HERE'S A LOOK AT THE DEPARTURE BOARD JUST BEFORE 7:00 P.M. WHERE YOU CAN SEE A LONG LIST OF DELAYS. >> FLIGHTS DELAYED A GOOD TWO HOURS. WE WERE PUSHING IT COMING FROM NEW YORK CITY, SO I'M GLAD IT'S DELAYED, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG. >> Reporter: NORMAL OPERATIONS HAVE RESUMED. BY 10:00 P.M., DEPARTURE DELAYS STILL AVERAGED ABOUT 90 MINUTES IMPACTING THOSE HOPING TO RETURN HOME AFTER THE HOLIDAY

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