Travelers are confronted with delays such as chaos in Newark Airport starts the second week

Passengers traveling through Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday were confronted with cancellations and hours of delays as disturbances for air traffic there in a second week.

Low clouds encouraged the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday Pause From aircraft on their way to Newark, which leads to delays of an average of four hours and the worsening of the Reischaos at one of the busiest airports in the country. More than 200 flights to and from Newark were delayed on Monday morning, according to the Tracking site Flightaware.

Large flight disturbances started at the beginning of last week, when the Philadelphia Air Traffic Control Center found errors of equipment and personnel problems, De FAA said. It came as one of the three runways of Newark was closed for construction and because national air traffic control centers have Experienced staff shortages. United said last week that it was forced to cut 35 return flights a day from the Newark schedule.

The scene on the most important United Terminal in Newark on Monday was relatively calm, but travelers whose flights had been canceled, told frustration because they were aimed at customer service agents.

Senator Chuck Schumer from New York on Monday called to The office of the inspector general to investigate Newark’s problems and say that a “real forensic look” in safety problems and outdated technology was needed.

“To say that there is only a small turbulence on Newark Airport and the FAA that would be the understatement of the year,” said Mr Schumer, the minority leader, at a press conference. “We are here because the FAA is really a mess.”

He said that the problems at Newark can be a “harbinger if such problems are not solved.” He blamed the fault and cuts imposed by the Trump government for personnel problems, and warned that the other airports of the nation can experience similar problems if they are not tackled.

The port authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates Newark airport, as well as Kennedy International and Laguardia airports in New York, said in a statement on Monday that the staff shortages in air traffic control centers were to blame.

“The port authority has invested billions to modernize Newark Liberty, but those improvements depend on a fully manned and modern federal air traffic system,” said the port authority. “We continue to encourage the FAA to tackle ongoing staff shortages and to accelerate long -awaited technological upgrades that continue to cause delays in the busiest air corridor in the country.”

In a statement on FridayScott Kirby, the Chief Executive of United Airlines, the largest courier of Newark, wrote recent cancellations of the flight to equipment disturbances and air traffic controllers who ‘had finished the job’.

As a result, he added, there were “dozens of diverted flights, hundreds of delayed and canceled flights and the worst of all, thousands of customers with disturbed travel plans.”

About 68 percent of the more than 3,300 planned departure in Newark This week was sold by United, according to Cirium, an aviation data company.

It was not clear when the personnel and construction-related delays would clean up, and bad weather would probably contribute to the headache for travelers on Newark and at the other airports with the metro area.

Low clouds and rain can limit flights in and from the region to midweek. Rain can increase in the intensity on Monday, with some thunderstorms also possible. The chance of showers will linger on Wednesday.

Judson Jones” Niraj Chokshi And Mark Walker contributed reporting.