A fire at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has halted all flights. Up to 20 people have been evacuated from the air traffic control facility where the blaze broke out. A man with "self-inflicted" wounds was found at the scene of the incident. The The man accused of setting a fire in an air traffic control … Read more
A fire at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has halted all flights. Up to 20 people have been evacuated from the air traffic control facility where the blaze broke out. A man with "self-inflicted" wounds was found at the scene CHICAGO, ILL. — No flights are landing or departing at Chicago area airports. Southwest Airlines has … Read more
CHICAGO, ILL. — No flights are landing or departing at Chicago area airports. Southwest Airlines has cancelled all flights Friday at Midway. The FAA said a contractor set fire to a radar facility in Aurora, Illinois. Emergency According to the official criminal complaint, Howard entered the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center just after 5 … Read more
Flights at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports are expected to fully resume after the fire at a nearby air-traffic-control facility Friday. Brian Howard, 36, has been charged with one count of destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities and remains Planes destined for Chicago airports won't be allowed to depart until at least 10 a.m. CT … Read more
"Flights have begun arriving and departing to and from the Chicago area at a reduced rate," FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said in an email to USA TODAY shortly after noon ET. Despite that, flight schedules at the Chicago airports were expected to be "Flights have begun arriving and departing to and from the Chicago area … Read more