The CEO of United Airlines maintains that New Jersey's Newark Airport is safe, despite construction, equipment failures and staffing issues that have resulted in delayed and canceled flights, NBC News' Marquise Francis reports.

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

Newark airport faces new delays due to FAA radar outages and staffing shortages, following a third system failure since late April.

Newark airport's been plagued with issues that have travelers like me concerned about safety. It's not dangerous, but delays are a bigger concern.

Major delays and cancellations out of Newark Liberty International Airport​ could continue if multiple issues, including staffing shortages and equipment malfunctions, aren't solved.

United Airlines is letting customers change flights for free as flight delays and cancellations continue to grow at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.

Passengers traveling through Newark Airport on Thursday again dealt with significant delays due to FAA staffing shortages. In the morning, the FAA was reporting shortages leading to departing flights being delayed by an average of 75 minutes and arriving flights delayed by an average of five hours,

There is more bad news for Newark Liberty International Airport. The FAA wants to keep reducing flights at the troubled airport for months to come.

The FAA has put a ground delay in place at Newark airport. The ground delay comes a day after a 45-minute-long ground stop.