Phoenix flights disrupted by fire at Chicago air-traffic center
Sep 26, 2014, 10:01 AM | Updated: 10:02 am
PHOENIX — Nearly two dozen flights at Sky Harbor were canceled Friday morning after a fire shut down an air-traffic control facility near Chicago.
Sky Harbor said about 20 flights between the two cities were affected. Across the nation, more than 1,000 flights had to be diverted or canceled.
Approx. 20 flights between PHX and @fly2ohare & @fly2midway have been cancelled. Check flight status before coming to the airport.
— PHX Sky Harbor (@PHXSkyHarbor) September 26, 2014
ORD in ground stop due to fire at FAA air traffic center in Aurora, IL. Confirm flight status w airlines. Updates to follow.
— O'Hare Intl. Airport (@fly2ohare) September 26, 2014
Employees were evacuated from the Aurora, Ill., center when a fire erupted in a basement during predawn hours. Later, a man with self-inflicted wounds was found in the room.
Update: Man with self-inflicted wounds found at Aurora radar facility after fire there grounds O'Hare, Midway flights http://t.co/ErpDKNUrf3
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) September 26, 2014
Police: Fire at Aurora FAA radar center deliberately set but “no terrorist act” http://t.co/1OpuXYYIKd pic.twitter.com/fIJlm8rcnJ
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) September 26, 2014
A Sky Harbor spokeswoman said Phoenix-Milwaukee flights also were affected.