Newark Airport radar outage strikes again, delaying more flights

John, a senior editor at The Verge, reports on the Newark Liberty International Airport experiencing another telecommunications outage on May 9, affecting air traffic control. The incident follows previous outages and highlights the airport's aging infrastructure issues, including reliance on a single data feed from New York to Philadelphia. The FAA is implementing upgrades but faces delays due to runway construction and controller stress from past outages, with some taking leave as a result. --- This summary captures the main points: the recurrence of an outage, its impact, the FAA's plan for infrastructure upgrades, and the underlying issues contributing to the problem.