The Trump administration announced a sweeping modernization program to deal with the air traffic control problem at plaguing Newark Liberty and other U.S. airports.

Transportation Secretary Duffy unveiled a plan to completely overhaul the nation's air traffic control system following the Newark Airport outage.

Much has been made over the recent air traffic control system failures at Newark Airport, but in reality, the problem goes back a long time. According to a new report from CNN, air traffic controllers "repeatedly" warned of major safety issues and technology outages as early as last summer,