Postponements and flight delays at US airports due to Shutdown

Air traffic controllers are delaying flights for a second consecutive day at many US airports, as the government’s closure reaches its seventh day, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement issued on Tuesday.

As the Reuters, FAA reported that many flights had delays At the airports of Nashville and his Newarkamong others. Flights to Newark were delayed up to 30 minutes due to lack of staff.

Air traffic control In Nashville It has significant problems due to under -staffing and will limit its activities, FAA said.

FAA reduces the number of flights reaching the airport per hour Chicago’s O’Hearciting staff shortages, with average delays of 41 minutes.

Administration also reported staff lack problems at the Air Traffic Control Center of Atlanta.

Intense weather events also affect flights across the country.

About 13,000 air traffic auditors and about 50,000 officers of the Transport Security Administration must appear for work during the government’s Lockdown, but are not paid. Auditors are going to take part of their salary on October 14 for their work before Lockdown.

The Minister of Transport Sean Duffy said Monday that FAA has found a slight increase in air traffic controllers receiving sick leave And that air traffic personnel have been reduced by 50% in some areas since the closure began last week.

“If we do not have auditors, we need to make sure that the airspace is safe. So what we do is slow down traffic »Dafi said on Tuesday on Fox News’ Fox and Friends show.

OR Flightaware, A flight surveillance website said that more than 2,500 flights were delayed on Tuesday, including about 200 to Nashville, ie 20% of its flights, and nearly 500 flights to O’Hear, more than 15% of flights.

In 2019, during a 35 -day Lockdown, the number of Auditors and TSA employees increased as employees did not receive their salaries, resulting in waiting times at checkpoints at some airports. Authorities were forced to slow down air circulation in New York, which put pressure on legislators to quickly end the controversy.