The Federal Aviation Administration is considering temporary flight reductions in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport, and it's launching a safety task force.

The lack of just a dozen air traffic controllers has contributed to danger, chaos, and waves of delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport. Yet the Federal Aviation Administration — despite employing about 14,

Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.

Secretary Duffy says new fiber optic wiring will be in place to replace aging copper wires in the next two weeks as operational issues plague air travel.

At times Monday evening, as few as three air traffic controllers per hour were lined up to monitor via radar the planes flying into and out of the airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The Trump administration announced an emergency task force of executives from Verizon, L3Harris and the FAA to fix the communication issues at Newark airport.

In a sweeping plan to fix what officials call "decades of neglect," the FAA and DOT are launching a nationwide air traffic control upgrade

L3Harris (NYSE:LHX) and the Federal Aviation Administration has been created to address the telecommunication issues that disrupted hundreds of flights at the Newark Liberty International Airport. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the team would work on fast-tracking the

Newark Liberty has also been hit by runway construction, equipment outages and air-traffic-control staffing shortages that prompted urgent calls from lawmakers for investigations and new funding.

The regulator still uses some computer systems that rely on floppy disks and other outdated hardware, according to one air traffic control union leader.