The equipment outage at Newark Liberty International Airport caused widespread delays and a ground stop over the weekend. The FAA confirmed a momentary failure of a backup air traffic control system, leading to a 45-minute ground stop. This resulted in more than 250 delays and at least 80 cancellations, affecting both domestic and international flights. The incident also highlighted staffing shortages and prompted plans to reduce flight capacity temporarily. Passengers expressed frustration with repeated delays and cancellations.
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"id": "faa218051225",
"linkid": "faa",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2025",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['Passengers'],
'industry': 'Aviation',
'location': 'Newark, New Jersey',
'name': 'Newark Liberty International Airport',
'type': 'Airport'}],
'description': 'The equipment outage at Newark Liberty International Airport '
'caused widespread delays and a ground stop over the weekend. '
'The FAA confirmed a momentary failure of a backup air traffic '
'control system, leading to a 45-minute ground stop. This '
'resulted in more than 250 delays and at least 80 '
'cancellations, affecting both domestic and international '
'flights. The incident also highlighted staffing shortages and '
'prompted plans to reduce flight capacity temporarily. '
'Passengers expressed frustration with repeated delays and '
'cancellations.',
'impact': {'customer_complaints': ['Passengers expressed frustration with '
'repeated delays and cancellations'],
'downtime': '45 minutes ground stop',
'operational_impact': ['More than 250 delays',
'At least 80 cancellations'],
'systems_affected': ['Backup air traffic control system']},
'title': 'Equipment Outage at Newark Liberty International Airport',
'type': 'Equipment Outage'}