Friday, Sep 26, 2014 * Updated at 11:42 AM CDT
A fire at a Federal Aviation Administration facility in suburban
Chicago turned one of the nation's busiest travel hubs into a
travelers' nightmare Friday morning, forcing airlines to ground or
cancel hundreds of flights at O'Hare and Midway international airports
as authorities battled and investigated a blaze they believe was
intentionally set by a contract employee.
The incident prompted the cancellation of approximately 850 flights in
and out of both airports, the Chicago Department of Aviation said,
snarling plans for travelers across the country. There were more than
700 cancellations at O'Hare -- which this week reclaimed the title as
the world's busiest airport -- and more than 150 were canceled at
Midway. Southwest Airlines cleared its entire schedule of flights at
Midway and Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport through
12 p.m. CT. A United Airlines spokesman said "very restricted
operations" resumed from O'Hare just before 10 a.m.
A screenshot of a map showing live air traffic, captured at 8:15 a.m.
on Sept. 26, 2014, shows the absence of aircraft near Chicago after a
fire at an FAA facility.
"It's been terrible. I got to the airport early. Flights seemed to be
on time when I checked," said Diana Cordova of Chicago. "I'm trying to
get to Phoenix this morning. It doesn't look likely. Hopefully
tomorrow."
Officials with the Aurora Fire Department said crews were called to
the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center on West New Indian Trail
Road after 5:45 a.m. Friday. Agents from the ATF, the FBI and the
DuPage County Arson Task Force were later called to the scene.
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The fire was quickly extinguished and a man found in the basement with
an apparent self-inflicted, non-gunshot wound was hospitalized.
Another man in his 50s was treated for smoke inhalation, officials
said.
"There was no explosion but we are being cautious," said Aurora Police
Chief Greg Thomas. "There is no terrorist act. ... This is a local
issue with a contract employee and nothing else."
The building was evacuated of all other employees and airspace
management was transferred to adjacent air traffic facilities, an FAA
spokesman said.
It was just four months ago that smoke seen emanating from the Chicago
Terminal Radar Approach Control building in Elgin forced the
cancellation of more than 1,100 flights between the two airports.
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