Controllers briefly lost contact with Newark planes before wider flight disruptions

By MIKE CATALINI, JOSH FUNK and JOHN SEEWER
The long flight delays and cancellations plaguing Newark’s Liberty International Airport and spilling over to airports across the U.S. can be traced to a week ago when air traffic controllers temporarily lost communications with planes in the sky, according to the controllers union.
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