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ATC Disruptions Grow Amid Positive Covid-19 Tests

The FAA has now had to close towers in New York, Chicago and Las Vegas after positive tests were found among technicians.

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

March 20, 2020

Positive Covid-19 tests are increasingly disrupting the U.S. air traffic control system, forcing the FAA to temporarily shutter several of its towers for cleaning. The most recent notification came on Friday when a positive test involved a technician who worked at the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. While the technician was last at the tower briefly on March 16 and did not enter the cab where controllers work, the FAA decided to close the tower as a precaution. The agency said controllers there are working from an alternate location at that airport.

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