CHICAGO — Flight cancellations that stranded travelers nationwide will take days to unwind as the government works for the next two weeks to fix a Chicago-area air-traffic center crippled by a worker’s alleged sabotage.
The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing security practices and how it deals with unexpected incidents throughout its air traffic control facilities following last week’s fire at a Chicago-area air-traffic facility.
More than 400 flights were scrubbed Monday after 900 were erased Sunday because of traffic limits at Chicago’s airports, according to industry-tracking site . The Federal Aviation Administration said it was making progress and expects to have the fire-damaged center in Aurora, Ill., fully online by Oct. 13.
Operations were improving at Chicago Midway International Airport and O’Hare International as air-traffic control duties were transferred to sites around the U.S., the FAA said.
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