Articles filed under Midway International Airport
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Residents say pilot's actions spared lives on the groundOct 13, 2014 1:00 am - People living in South suburban Palos Hills looked at scattered pieces of a small plane and wondered Monday if the last act of the pilot before his death was to spare re...
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Chicago aldermen want Ebola screening at airportsOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - Two Chicago aldermen want international passengers arriving at the city's two airports screened for the Ebola virus and other infectious diseases. Aldermen Edward Burke ...
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Weather forces flight cancellations in ChicagoOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - Weather is causing delays and hundreds of cancellations at Chicago's international airports almost a week after sabotage at a suburban air traffic control center disrupt...
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Editorial: FAA needs security, backup plans fixedSep 30, 2014 11:00 pm - Let the Monday morning quarterbacking commence. Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk and other members of the Illinois congressional delegation have called for inve...
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Businesses scramble as flights continue to be canceled, delayedSep 29, 2014 1:01 am - Local businesses continued to scramble Monday with shipments and air travel on the fourth day of major flight disruptions resulting from damage to an air traffic control...
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FAA: 2 weeks to reopen Chicago-area control centerSep 29, 2014 1:00 am - The Federal Aviation Administration says it will take about two weeks to fully reopen a Chicago-area control center where an act of sabotage brought the city's two inter...
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FAA chief promises better fallback plan, improved security after fireSep 29, 2014 1:00 am - Federal Aviation Administrator Michael Huerta's promise to come up with a better Plan B likely won't get him off the hot seat as fallout continued from sabotage at an Au...
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Attorney: Man charged in FAA fire made 'tragic mistake'Sep 29, 2014 1:00 am - The Naperville man whose failed suicide attempt Friday in the Chicago Center air traffic control facility in Aurora forced the cancellation of thousands of flights at O'...
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Durbin calls for inquiry into fire at Aurora air-traffic centerSep 28, 2014 1:00 am - As federal officials declared it will be at least two more weeks until the Chicago Center air-traffic facility in Aurora is back at full capacity, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin ...
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Official: At least 2 weeks until FAA facility reopensSep 27, 2014 1:01 am - The sabotage Friday at an air traffic control facility in Aurora continued to cause havoc Saturday on air travel in Chicago and across the nation and parts of the world....