WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation

Administration said Wednesday it is taking immediate steps to

address ongoing woes that have disrupted hundreds of flights at

Newark Liberty International Airport since April 28.

The FAA said it is increasing air traffic controller

staffing and adding three new, high-bandwidth telecommunications

connections and deploying a temporary backup system to the

Philadelphia Terminal Radar Approach Control that handles Newark

traffic that will provide redundancy during the switch to a more

reliable fiber-optic network.