Newark Liberty International Airport is facing another FAA-imposed ground delay due to staffing shortages, after a telecommunications issue led to delays on Sunday.

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

Similar to last summer, there is currently a nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers, which will “take time” to replenish, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

The shortage on Monday forced the F.A.A. to delay flights to the busy airport for up to nearly seven hours, the latest problem to plague the airport.

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

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a new software update prevented a third radar outage over the last two weeks at New Jersey's busy Newark airport when a telecommunications line failed again over the weekend.

The FAA confirmed there was another system outage Sunday morning, but unlike the previous two out of the Philadelphia facility that co