Ground stops were called for at all three major D.C.-area airports Friday evening due to a “strong chemical smell.”
Ground stops were called for at all three major D.C.-area airports Friday evening due to a “strong chemical smell” at a facility that manages air traffic in the region, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
No flights took off or landed at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.Air travelers are facing long lines at BWI airport. “I’m impressed there aren’t more bad attitudes,” one person said. News4’s Darcy Spencer talked with people who said they feel for TSA employees working without pay.stemming from Potomac TRACON, a terminal radar approach control facility. The previous ground stop, which lasted about an hour, was the result of a strong odor that was traced to a circuit, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on X. Operations resumed in that incident after firefighters confirmed there was no danger to air traffic controllers.Air travelers already have been facing long lines at airports due to the partial government shutdown's impact on the TSA.
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