FAA halts air traffic in New York area after air traffic employee tests positive for COVID-19

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The Federal Aviation Administration has temporarily halted departures from New York and Philadelphia airports after a trainee at the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center in Long Island tested positive for COVID-19 today. The person had not been at the facility since March 17th, and the FAA is sanitizing affected areas.

That center, which primarily handles high-altitude, cross-country flights, remains open. But the FAA is rerouting flights “as part of a longstanding contingency plan to ensure continued operations.”

The FAA said in a statement that it is “working with local health officials and employee representatives to determine how many personnel might have interacted with the trainee in recent days.”

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