United Airlines Cargo Area Briefly Evacuated At O'Hare
A United Airlines cargo building at O'Hare Airport was evacuated this morning after a box with computer hard drives tested positive for a bomb substance.
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A United Airlines cargo building at O'Hare Airport was evacuated this morning after a box with computer hard drives tested positive for a bomb substance.
Going to the airport can be enough of a chore in and of itself, but on Thursday, travelers at O'hare International Airport will have to endure the extra headache of listening to fire alarms going off all day.
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck says hospitals are on standby - in case there are cases of Ebola.
Passengers arriving from West Africa will be screened for signs of a fever, CBS has confirmed.
Precautions to protect us against spread of Ebola are now widespread. We saw evidence of that in Chicago, though no cases have been reported here.
Firefighters who responded to O'Hare transported a 70-year-old woman to Chicago's Resurrection Hospital, the Chicago Fire Department says.
FBI agents have arrested a southwest suburban teenager, for allegedly trying to travel overseas to join the terrorist group ISIS.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta planned to tour the crippleed Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) in Aurora, then meet with members of the Illinois congressional delegation to discuss repairs and an ongoing FAA review of the incident.
Travelers are encouraged to check their flight status with their airline.
Although the only confirmed case of Ebola in the U.S. so far is a patient in Texas, a west suburban hospital has been preparing to treat patients with the virus, just in case.
With thunderstorms likely to descend on the Chicago area starting Thursday afternoon, airlines have proactively canceled nearly 500 flights in Chicago.
The man who allegedly sabotaged the air traffic navigation center in Aurora has admitted that he was high when he decided to set the fire to computer server racks in the building's basement and shutting down flight operations at Chicago's two major airports.
When President Obama arrives on Wednesday evening, Air Force One will touch down at Gary airport, rather than the usual O'Hare International Airport.
As the FAA continues to make repairs to a severely damaged radar center in Aurora, flight performance at Chicago's two airports has gradually improved as air traffic controllers have shifted to facilities in four other states to pick up the slack.
Repairs may take another two weeks to fully restore operations the FAA air traffic control center in Aurora after a deliberately set fire crippled flight operations at O'Hare and Midway airports.
The FAA says there is no timetable for repairs at an air traffic control center in Aurora after being shutdown on Friday.
O'Hare and Midway airports are attempting to get back to normal after nearly 24 hours of issues.
The damage done by a disgruntled contractor at the FAA radar facility in Aurora was so extensive that the center might not be operational for several days.
Several hours after an apparently disgruntled contract worker set a fire at a Federal Aviation Administration radar center in Aurora, the facility was still considered a crime scene Friday afternoon, and limited flights were operating at O'Hare and Midway airports.
O'Hare Airport appears to be flying high again. Numbers show the airport is once again the world's busiest in terms of take-offs and landings at least.
A North Side woman who convinced the city to install an official noise monitor at her home, 10 miles away from O'Hare International Airport, said the jet noise it measured would qualify her for soundproofing, but she lives too far away.
Part of Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport was evacuated for more than an hour Wednesday morning, as police investigated a suspicious package.
Some homeowners say over the last three months they can't have a conversation in their driveways – and that's four miles from the western edge of the airport.
"Extremely disappointing" is how three Illinois congressmen describe the FAA's decision to NOT do another review of O'Hare noise levels.
If the airline passenger sitting next to you is unusually tranquil, perhaps he or she got some yoga practice in at Midway International Aiport's new dedicated studio.
