Arson and attempted suicide this morning at the Aurora air traffic control center that directs flights into and out of both O'Hare and Midway, causing an evacuation of the controllers. Over 1300 flights cancelled, and air service "affected" for several hours. http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/26/travel/chicago-ohare-midway-flights-stopped/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Older story: http://breakingnews.suntimes.com/chicago/all-flights-grounded-at-midway-ohare/
I'm a bit surprised this didn't get mentioned here earlier.
I'm a bit surprised this didn't get mentioned here earlier.