No Timetable For Repairs At Aurora FAA Facility
(CBS) -- The FAA says there is no timetable for repairs at an air traffic control center in Aurora after being shutdown on Friday.
The man accused of causing the radar center shutdown is now out of a job.
Officials confirm Brian Howard is out of a job after eight years. Howard is still recovering from self-inflicted stab wounds and burns from his alleged suicide attempt that brought the center in Aurora to a halt.
Much of the equipment there suffered severe water damage. Official say flights will be routed via air traffic controllers at other centers around the Midwest until the Aurora center is fully operational.
Air traffic controllers at other locations in Illinois and the Midwest are picking up the slack from the radar center damage.
The FAA tells us they were able to handle about 60 to 75 percent of the typical Chicago air traffic Saturday. That means some passengers still weren't able to fly out of Midway, or O'Hare.
Nearly 700 flights were cancelled Saturday at O'Hare and it was the same story at Midway with 125 flights canceled.
As of 7:30 a.m. Sunday, more than 530 flights have been canceled and more than 50 cancellations at Midway.
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