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Flights are being halted at 2 major airports in Texas to disinfect an air traffic control center where 2 workers tested positive for COVID-19 this week
Flights are being halted at 2 major airports in Texas to disinfect an air traffic control center where 2 workers tested positive for COVID-19 this week
Thomas PalliniDec 31, 2020, 05:22 IST
An American Airlines plane at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.Cassiohabib/shutterstock
The
Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for flights departing and arriving into
Dallas while a facility is being cleaned after two workers tested positive for COVID-19 this week.
Flights are also temporarily barred from landing or taking off from any airport under the airspace, which extends across Northern Texas from parts of New Mexico to parts of Louisiana and Arkansas.
COVID-19 positive case, weather lead to ground stops at DFW Airport, Dallas Love Field, officials say
The Fort Worth Air Traffic Control Center needed to be cleaned and disinfected after an air traffic control employee tested positive for COVID-19, the FAA said Author: Eline de Bruijn Updated: 7:27 PM CST December 30, 2020
Updated at 7:27 p.m. with preliminary information from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Flights have resumed at Dallas Love Field and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport following a ground stop prompted by a unique set of circumstances involving the weather and an air traffic employee who tested positive for COVID-19, officials with the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Man Punches Plane Passenger in Anger Over Canceled Florida Flight, Police Say
On 12/29/20 at 7:55 AM EST
A man has been arrested after punching another man in the face in anger over a canceled flight, police say.
Efren Dawson, 20, became enraged when his Virginia-bound flight was scrapped while waiting at Florida s St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport on Boxing Day.
Dawson began loudly using profanities in front of a crowd which included children on Saturday night, according to an arrest affidavit and as reported by WFLA.
Another man also scheduled to be traveling on the same Allegiant flight told Dawson to shut his Black a up , the outlet reports.