(NewsNation) — The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport suffered a radar outage Friday morning for the second time in two weeks.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the radar at the facility in Philadelphia that directs planes in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport went black for 90 seconds at 3:55 a.m. Friday. A similar incident occurred April 28.
“There was a telecommunications outage that impacted communications and radar display at Philadelphia TRACON Area C, which guides aircraft in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport airspace,” an FAA spokesperson told NewsNation affiliate WPIX in New York.
That first radar outage led to hundreds of flights being canceled or delayed at the airport over the past two weeks after the FAA slowed down traffic to ensure safety.
The FAA said earlier this week it is installing new fiber-optic data lines to carry the radar signal between its facilities in Philadelphia and New York.
The airport was also experiencing delays of over four hours due to early morning weather, the agency said.