Widespread flight cancellations and delays at multiple U.S. airports, traffic crisis triggered by government shutdown

Today, 977 airports in the United States have canceled flights, and 4,022 flights are delayed. Due to a shortage of air traffic controllers caused by the federal government shutdown, the Federal Aviation Administration has started a flight reduction plan today, with a reduction rate of 4% on the first day, increasing by 1% each day until reaching 10%. Transportation Secretary DeFazio said that if the government shutdown continues, it is not ruled out to adjust the upper limit of the reduction rate to 20%.

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