US: FAA briefly delays flights at LaGuardia, other airports as shutdown hits travel
The FAA ordered a 90-minute ground stop—preventing flights from heading to LaGuardia Airport and delaying some of its scheduled take-offs—citing a “slight increase in sick leave” at 2 of the country’s largest air-traffic control facilities in the Washington area and Jacksonville, Florida. Six of the 13 controllers assigned to coordinate flights for a specific region at the Washington-area centre failed to show up for work Friday morning and other employees couldn’t fill in, according to a person familiar with the details. It was unclear how many controllers were absent at the Jacksonville facility. However, it is not as integral as the Washington centre—which is responsible for nearly one-fifth of all US commercial air travel, including some of the nation’s biggest airports. <br/>
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US: FAA briefly delays flights at LaGuardia, other airports as shutdown hits travel
The FAA ordered a 90-minute ground stop—preventing flights from heading to LaGuardia Airport and delaying some of its scheduled take-offs—citing a “slight increase in sick leave” at 2 of the country’s largest air-traffic control facilities in the Washington area and Jacksonville, Florida. Six of the 13 controllers assigned to coordinate flights for a specific region at the Washington-area centre failed to show up for work Friday morning and other employees couldn’t fill in, according to a person familiar with the details. It was unclear how many controllers were absent at the Jacksonville facility. However, it is not as integral as the Washington centre—which is responsible for nearly one-fifth of all US commercial air travel, including some of the nation’s biggest airports. <br/>
