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.

Radar screens at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport went black again early Friday morning. The outage happened at 3:55 a.m. and lasted about 90 seconds, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Sunday's incident marks the fourth time in the past two weeks that technical problems have disrupted air traffic at Newark.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy plans to reduce the number of flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport for the "next several weeks."

The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks.

Passengers traveling in and out of Newark at the end of the week shouldn't expect smooth sailing. Here's the latest at the New Jersey airport.

Newark Liberty International Airport suffered another brief air traffic control outage Friday morning, the FAA confirms.

Fox News Live’ panelists Jon Bramnick and Dave Spero discuss growing concern over outdated air traffic control systems after another radar outage at Newark Airport.

A technical outage in Philadelphia last week terrified air traffic controllers and stranded passengers. As the summer travel season looms, the F.A.A. is racing to address the problems.

The city of Newark will install radar detection equipment at a downtown intersection later this year to boost traffic efficiency and safety.