Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Disrupt Travel for Second Straight Day

The national air space has long been reeling from a staffing crisis among air traffic controllers, as the F.A.A. grapples with a shortage of about 3,000 controllers.

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Flight Delays Begin as Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Worsen

The delays came just hours after the transportation secretary warned that flying could be disrupted by the government shutdown.

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Typhoon Matmo Makes Landfall in Southern China

The tropical cyclone disrupted transportation, forced more than 151,000 evacuations and raised fears of flooding as it barreled toward Guangdong province.

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Will the Government Shutdown Affect Flights? What to Know.

During the last government shutdown, which began in late 2018, many demoralized workers called out sick or did not show up to work.

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Passengers Report Delays at Canadian Airports After Tech Outage

Immigration inspection kiosks were offline at major airports in Montreal, Toronto and Calgary. Some passengers said they were stranded on planes.

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Delays Expected at London Stansted Airport After Small Fire

The airport’s security area was closed overnight to protect passengers from smoke. It reopened just before dawn, but a spokesman said there would be flight disruptions.

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China Braces for the Worst as Typhoon Ragasa Barrels Toward Its Coast

Hong Kong canceled hundreds of flights, Macau shuttered casinos and the city of Shenzhen plans to evacuate 400,000 people.

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Drone Sightings Force Copenhagen and Oslo Airports to Close Temporarily

It was not immediately clear who was flying the drones. The airports were closed for several hours, disrupting dozens of flights.

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Cyberattack Forces Brussels Airport to Cancel More Flights

The announcement signaled that delays and cancellations, which snarled traffic at major European travel hubs over the weekend, would continue into a third day.

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Cyberattack Slows Check-Ins and Threatens Delays at European Airports

A disruption to check-in and boarding systems at airports in Berlin, Brussels and London threatened to snarl travel.

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