Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.

"When people hear news that radar screens have just turned black, traffic controllers can't talk to the plane, and there seems to be no better technology than a tin can, they don't think it's a story about the Trump administration's FAA, but it's so frightening: The story is real, and the story is dangerous. This situation is also unacceptable," Schumer said in a statement Sunday.

"I've been in communication with the FAA over the past week and today I'm not better about the aviation safety situation than this, as this administration has control over the FAA. As I said last week, Newark is a harbinger. If this dangerous situation could happen in the subway area, imagine what could happen in a less scrutiny place. It would bother you."

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More than 500 flights in and out of Newark were postponed on Thursday, with at least 200 cancelled, and the entire weekend followed.

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"The technology we are using is old. That's what causes the interruptions and delays we're seeing in Newark," Duffy wrote.

Schumer said that since mid-April, the number of delays has increased from an average of five in the morning to 16 in the evening, according to the FAA. The report said that they tend to last between 85 and 137 minutes on average.

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On Sunday, Schumer said Duffy “must place Newark first to ensure he said it will be made to the ATC system in the United States.”

He also provided specific details on the work that needs to be done, including the installation of direct fiber optic telecommunications cables between Newark Airport and the Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control Center, no longer operating indirectly. Schumer requires the use of "modern, direct connections and new computers to analyze and display transmitted data".

"Several major airlines at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark Liberty International Airport are facing ongoing flight disruptions at Newark-Liberty International Airport, the FAA acknowledged in a lengthy statement from Fox News and Fox's operations.

“Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controller Facilities in Philadelphia While guiding the plane to Newark for nearly 90 seconds, radar and radio signals were lost, resulting in massive delays and flight cancellations, which continues. ” the statement continued.

“We are working to ensure that current telecommunications equipment is more reliable in the New York area by establishing more resilient and redundant configurations with local exchange carriers. In addition, we are updating our automation systems to increase resilience.”

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Duffy, who represented Fox News Digital, reached Duffy's representative, noted the secretary's interview with Fox Business's "night editor" earlier in the day.

"I love all the Democrats who care about air traffic control now," Duffy said.

“They spent $1.2 trillion in the Biden-Buttigieg era; $1.2 trillion on infrastructure in the United States, they didn’t spend anything (control) on air traffic, they knew it was getting old and needed a massive reconstruction. They didn’t do that.

Andrea Margolis and Charles Creitz of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.

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