The
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) briefly delayed departures Monday for flights headed to O’Hare or Midway from Canada and
Midwestern airports because of problems with several phone lines
between the Chicago Terminal Radar Approach Control facility in
Elgin, Ill., and the FAA’s adjoining en route centers. The FAA
resolved the problem and lifted the delay restrictions at 5:50 p.m.,
EDT, 43 minutes after they were put in place.
Over
the weekend, FAA technical teams working on restoring
telecommunications systems at the FAA’s Chicago En Route Center in
Aurora, Ill., removed all of the equipment and cabling that was
damaged in the Sept. 26 fire at the facility. Cleaning crews removed
the remaining soot and debris from the area. The FAA teams on site
are continuing work to connect the new and existing equipment and
test it to ensure all systems are running properly.
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