Smoke in MSP Airport air traffic control tower leads to brief ground stop

Smoke dissipates at air traffic control tower at MSP Airport, operations will continue

MINNEAPOLIS -- A failed HVAC system motor caused smoke to fill an air traffic control tower Tuesday morning at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, leading to a temporary ground stop.

The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) says the smoke was reported just before 6 a.m., leading to the tower's evacuation and a halt to air traffic operations.

The ground stop ended at about 6:15 a.m., but there was "some residual impact to flight operations" Tuesday morning, according to MAC officials.

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