The breakdown that resulted in air traffic controllers losing communications with the pilots of planes they were guiding into Newark International Airport has happened at least two other times since August,

The nation’s air traffic controllers union says the flight cancellations plaguing Newark’s Liberty International Airport and spilling over to U.S. airports can be traced to a week ago when controllers temporarily lost contact with planes.

After experiencing a total radar and radio blackout, air traffic controllers are speaking out about what they believe is a dangerous setup at one of America's busiest airports.

On April 28 at about 1:27 p.m. local time, the air traffic controllers monitoring the skies above New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport came face to face with their worst-case scenario: With radar and radio contact suddenly cut,

Passenger carriers are still facing disruptions at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport. Last week, there was a technology outage impacting ATC's ability to direct planes.