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As the government shutdown drags on, federal employees who support the country’s airports, such as air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration workers, say they are still in the dark about when they will next be paid. On Tuesday, workers received their first zero-dollar paycheck, reflecting two weeks of unpaid …

Four days into the government shutdown, Jack Criss, an air traffic control specialist at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, assumed a second role — driving for DoorDash. “My financial obligations were mounting. I wanted to get ahead of the situation. The writing was on the wall,” Criss told NBC …

A flight made an emergency landing Monday after its pilots lost a radio link with flight staff, prompting them to bang on the locked cockpit door and raising fears that someone was trying to break in. Flight 6569 set off from Omaha, Nebraska, to Los Angeles at 7:23 p.m. ET …

WASHINGTON — The government shutdown is entering its 10th day, with both Republicans and Democrats dug in and refusing to give any ground to their political foes. But the coming days and weeks will bring some key pressure points that could potentially end the partisan impasse. Until now, the impacts …

Flight delays are expected across the country for a third straight day on Wednesday as the Federal Aviation Administration braced for more airport staffing shortages amid the ongoing government shutdown. Within the last 48 hours, delays due to air traffic controller staffing shortages were reported at airports in Boston; Burbank, …

WASHINGTON — Federal funding for air travel in rural areas will run out Sunday if the government shutdown continues, threatening to isolate remote communities across the country. The Essential Air Service (EAS), established in 1978, provides funds to airline carriers to operate out of rural airports for routes that would …

Duffy said the government shutdown is likely taking a toll on already-overburdened controllers. “Now what they think about as they’re controlling our airspace is, ‘How am I going to pay my mortgage? How do I make my car payment? I have a couple kids at home, how do I put …

The Federal Aviation Administration was experiencing staffing issues or anticipating shortages at airports and other air traffic control facilities in the United States on Monday night. Reports of the staffing shortfalls came hours after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there has been a slight increase in sick calls since the …

Two regional jets clipped each other on the ground at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Wednesday night, officials said, in the latest incident involving close calls or collisions of passenger aircraft this year. There was one minor injury reported after the planes, both Delta Connection flights operated by Delta-owned …

All United Airlines flights were grounded nationally this morning due to a “connectivity issue” before the ground stop was lifted 30 minutes later. The Federal Aviation Administration issued the stop at the company’s request across the U.S. and Canada between 1 a.m. ET and 2:30 a.m. ET — but it …