The FAA is holding a “delay reduction” meeting Wednesday, seeking to cap the total number of flights at the airport.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Former Blackhawk helicopter pilot and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science

Moving air traffic controllers means retraining them on the quirks of a new facility, and the process can take years.

A portion of the Denver air route traffic control center experienced a 90-second loss of communications late Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

Recent communications issues at the FAA facility handling flights in and out of Newark airport were not new, officials say. Outages happened at least three times last year. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has more.

A staffing shortage, runway construction and deferred maintenance to crucial air traffic technology have made Newark Airport a national laughingstock.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy admitted he changed his wife’s flight from Newark to LaGuardia just hours after claiming the troubled New Jersey airport was safe for the public.

Air traffic controllers at Denver International Airport experienced a 90 second communications outage. The incident follows similar outages at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.