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Chicago arson: Airlines assessing backlog

Thousands of flights cancelled after worker sets air-traffic control centre ablaze

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Published Sun, Sep 28, 2014 · 04:00 PM

    [WASHINGTON] Airlines were assessing on Sunday how many flights they could resume two days after an employee at an air-traffic control centre allegedly set fire to equipment before attempting suicide.

    More than 670 flights were cancelled on Saturday at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, the nation's second-busiest, and 125 at the Chicago Midway International Airport because of the incident at a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) centre near the city, the Chicago Department of Aviation said.

    More than 2,000 flights were cancelled on Friday as delays spread to hubs from New York to Dallas, according to tracking website FlightAware.com.

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