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The Federal Aviation Administration briefly halted departures from New York and Philadelphia airports after a trainee at the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center in Long Island tested positive for COVID-19 today. The person had not been at the facility since March 17th, and the FAA is sanitizing affected areas.
As of 2:45 PM ET, the agency had lifted the ground stop order, according to the Associated Press.
The Long Island center, which primarily handles high-altitude, cross-country flights, remained open. But the FAA rerouted flights “as part of a longstanding contingency plan to ensure continued operations.”
The FAA said in a statement that it is “working with local health officials and employee representatives to determine how…
The FAA briefly halted air traffic in NYC area after an air traffic employee tested positive for COVID-19
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