FAA lifts flight reductions
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a a four-hour ground delay for outgoing flights due to staffing shortages. Incoming flights were also experiencing delays as officials limited the number of arrivals to 24 every hour.
The air traffic controller at Reagan National Airport spoke rapidly, directing the nightly choreography of planes with clipped instructions. “No delay,” he told the pilots of a jetliner preparing to rev its engines for takeoff. Another plane was ...