Chicago-area air traffic center fire grounds 1,700 flights

September 27, 2014 03:42

A fire apparently set by an employee at a Chicago-area air traffic control center led to the cancellation of nearly 1,700 flights at the city's two major airports, snarling air traffic across the United States, officials said.

Flights resumed at O'Hare International Airport, one of the world's busiest, after a delay of about four hours, but there were bottlenecks across the entire air system.

The blaze at the facility in Aurora, outside of Chicago, appeared to be set by a man who suffered self-inflicted knife wounds, Aurora police said. There were no indications that it was an act of terrorism and the blaze was quickly extinguished, they said.

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