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.

There was another air traffic control outage in less than two weeks at the same Philadelphia facility that directs planes in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday morning.

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

Newark airport air traffic controllers lost radar Friday morning for 90 seconds. The FAA announced that it plans to install new fiber optic data lines to carry the radar signal between its facilities in Philadelphia and New York. NEW JERSEY - Newark airport is not out of the woods yet.

Radar screens that monitor Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey went completely black for about 90 seconds early Friday morning, according to a new report from ABC News. The outage comes after an identical problem last week when air traffic control screens for the same airport went dark for about 60-90 seconds.

Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey has been dealing with nonstop delays and flight cancellations due to outdated equipment and air traffic control understaffing across the U.S.

Blank radar screens. Broken air traffic equipment. Flights in an out of Newark Airport delayed or canceled. Is it safe to fly here?

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