Pilot error, bad lighting led to 2006 gaffe
The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that pilot error and night lighting conditions led to a Continental Airlines plane landing on a taxiway instead of a runway at Newark Liberty International Airport back in 2006.
Threat on plane a hoax
Authorities forced passengers to wait for their luggage while baggage from a Continental Airlines flight from London to Newark on Monday was screened for an unspecified threat, the Associated Press reports.
Flights capped at Newark
In an effort to ease delays, the federal government is capping the number of flights at peak hours at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty Airport.