{"id":94731,"date":"2026-03-15T01:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T04:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/dc-airports-passengers-face-long-delays-after-equipment-malfunction-at-air-traffic-control-center\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T01:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T04:24:25","slug":"dc-airports-passengers-face-long-delays-after-equipment-malfunction-at-air-traffic-control-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/dc-airports-passengers-face-long-delays-after-equipment-malfunction-at-air-traffic-control-center\/","title":{"rendered":"DC airports: Passengers face long delays after equipment malfunction at air traffic control center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmphfdm3000x26pg06q41dkw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Passengers at three airports in the Washington, DC, area faced significant delays after a ground stop was issued Friday afternoon due to an equipment outage, according to the FAA and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who posted details <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecDuffy\/status\/2032582233920307569\" target=\"_blank\">on X<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmpljza9000b3b6rxzig4hnr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The disruptions were caused by the temporary closure of a crucial air traffic control center in Virginia after FAA employees reported a strong chemical smell in the building, Duffy said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmplt85f000d3b6rar245yld@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Emergency crews and a HAZMAT team responded to the facility. The smell was traced to a circuit board that had overheated and was subsequently replaced, Duffy said in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecDuffy\/status\/2032619927387914503?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">an update<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmpmgj4y000c356r77yfnglw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            More than 30 FAA employees were evaluated and returned to work after the scene was deemed safe, according to the Fauquier County Fire Rescue System in Warrenton, Virginia, which responded to the incident.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmphivs30002356rlopgto3f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Potomac TRACON in Warrenton provides air traffic control services to the Baltimore-Washington and the Richmond-Charlottesville areas. The TRACON controls the airspace over Joint Base Andrews, Baltimore\/Washington International Airport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Dulles International Airport, Richmond International Airport and many other airports.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmpib1bz00003b6ro91tg7o1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ground stops were also <a href=\"https:\/\/nasstatus.faa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">issued<\/a> at Richmond, Charlottesville Albemarle Airport and Manassas Regional Airport, adding to the growing list of delays affecting travelers.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmphx6mc000f356row88vstk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Passengers at National airport were huddled at gates Friday evening as they awaited their flights, with several sprawled out on the floor. While the ground stop was lifted, delays at Baltimore reached over two and a half hours, three hours at Dulles and more than three and a half hours at Reagan, according to the FAA, as the airports worked to recover from the stop, which lasted about three hours.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmpnh908000f356rkgiu3g1q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Delays slowly decreased through the evening, according to the tracking website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightaware.com\/miserymap\/usKBWI\" target=\"_blank\">FlightAware.com<\/a>, with delays averaging about 90 minutes at Reagan and Dulles and 60 minutes at Baltimore as of 10:45 p.m. ET Friday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmpl4c8v00093b6r93yf0ktc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Reagan led the cancellations, with more than 170 flights canceled and more than 300 delayed coming in and out of the airport Friday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightaware.com\/live\/cancelled\/\" target=\"_blank\">FlightAware.com<\/a>. More than 40 cancellations and over 200 delays were recorded in and out of Baltimore as of late Friday, the tracking website said.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmmpjuqa3000v356rnp6w78ln@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2265864473.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.726875\" data-original-height=\"1163\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2265864473.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"679\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2265864473.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"967\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2265864473.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2265864473.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2265864473.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2265864473.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmpkasx400003b6rb60wrbo4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN Special Correspondent Jamie Gangel was one of the many passengers stuck at an airport.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmpkb16o00023b6rpogvn0m3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Gangel said her flight back to National airport was delayed at least four times Friday evening, and some of her fellow passengers are worried about missing connecting flights.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmpkb16o00033b6rx8u0ujbk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            People were getting most of their information about what\u2019s going on from their phones, Gangel said, as airline officials told passengers there was an air traffic control issue.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmpmunjb000n3b6r1zufxo6h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Another stuck passenger, Kristen Rodrigues, was supposed to take off for Chicago early Friday afternoon from National airport. But instead of enjoying the Windy City, she and her fellow flyers were on the tarmac in Virginia for about three hours before being taken back to the terminal.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmpmuhpw000i3b6radli7i3u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cTwo hours go by, we\u2019re still on the runway \u2013 no updates \u2013 and I could see that the pilots are pretty frustrated,\u201d Rodrigues told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmpn0k8q000r3b6r5u74unwq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Rodrigues said throughout the day, she only received two updates from her airline. She was communicating with the airline Friday evening to try to rebook on a different flight.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmphfdm3000y26pg1tbjb3q4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>This story has been updated with additional information.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/13\/us\/washington-dc-airports-ground-stop\">Fonte do Artigo <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passengers at three airports in the Washington, DC, area faced significant delays after a ground stop was issued Friday afternoon due to an equipment outage, according to the FAA and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who posted details on X. 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